by
Anthony S. Layne
In 1968, an ecologist named Garrett
Hardin wrote an article for Science magazine titled “The Tragedy of the Commons.” A utilitarian and
Malthusian, Hardin argued that the modern welfare state made it possible for
people to gain the advantages of large families while socializing their costs.
Therefore, the solution to overpopulation must be based in part on
“relinquishing the freedom to breed.”
Forty-five years later, Peter Singer
— also a utilitarian and Malthusian — essentially repeated the “tragedy of the commons” argument at the Women
Deliver Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Ironically, given his hero
status among progressives and the venue at which he was speaking, Singer began
to speak of “reproductive rights” as though they would very soon be a thing of
the past and that the nations would soon need to force contraception and
abortion upon the unwilling.
Born in Albuquerque, N. Mex., and
raised in Omaha, Nebr., Anthony S. Layne served briefly in the U.S. Marine
Corps, and attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha as a sociology major
while holding a variety of jobs. Tony was a "C-and-E Catholic" until,
while defending the Faith during the scandals of 2002, he discovered the beauty
of Catholic orthodoxy. He currently lives in Denton, Texas, works in the
home-mortgage industry in Dallas, participates in his parish's Knights of
Columbus council, and bowls poorly on Sunday nights. Along with Catholic Stand,
he also contributes to New Evangelization Monthly and occasionally writes for
his own blogs, Outside the Asylum and The
Impractical Catholic.
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