It's odd the place a higher moral value on a creature incapable of reasoning or action, as if being unconscious were a virtue. It's the opposite - consciousness and reason are how we define humanity.

Next, I absolutely do no accept the risk of pregnancy when I have sex. I need to have sex for my physical and mental well being, to be happy and fulfilled in life, it is absolutely essential. It is against my religion to be celibate or pregnant.

Further, when I get into the car, I do not accept the risk of dying in an accident. And driving is much more of an option than having sex. When I eat, I do not accept the risk of getting e.coli. Especially in the way you seem to mean "accept the risk" - not be given a chance to mitigate or control the consequences. I do not relinquish control over my life because I had sex.i still have a right to choose how I live.

But back to the "innocent plant" viewpoint, I find it very curious. Do plants have higher value than humans because they are unable of independent action or thinking?



At the time that the rapist has a part of his body inside of mine, I am justified to use any method including deadly force, to defend the sanctity of my body, to protect it from unwelcome invasion.

An unwanted pregnancy is also an unwelcome invasion. And no, by having sex, I didn't open up my body to anything else that might come. If you use your credit card at a store, you do not give them permission to charge it again without your authorization, even though the risk is there. When I eat a sandwich which might have tapeworm eggs on it, even if i know there's a risk, I do not consent to carrying tapeworms in my body. And even though the tapeworm is innocent, I have a right to protect my body, before and after the invasion.