Kang’ata is right; men must foot their kids’ bills

If you’re having sex as a female –whether you have an intrauterine contraceptive device fitted, get a jab every couple of months, take the pill every day, stick a hormonal patch on your body every week, have an implant, use condoms, count your days, or go in without protection– there is always a possibility that you could get pregnant. Not the male who very generously shared his seed. Just you.

That should be a sobering thought. Especially if you’re beyond the age where inexperience, naiveté, and pheromones can conspire to mismanage your sex life. But the reality is that too many females of child-bearing age, be they 15 or 55 years, get pregnant without planning to. Too many of us get knocked up because we dive into the baby pool head first, either believing that we are protected, or just being reckless with our sexual and reproductive health.