He is "anti-natalist" and sues his parents for taking him without his consent – 05/02/2019

Raphael Samuel is 27 years old, Is a young man who lives in the India and he drew the attention of the British media on one particular aspect: he sued his parents because they had him without his consent. That is, they did not ask him if he wanted to be born.

The unusual proposal has reached the newspapers around the world because the man is part of an "antenatal movement, which believes that people should refrain from having children for moral reasons ". For a young man from Mumbai, it's wrong to have a boy where he brings the pleasure of his parents first.

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The anti-birth movement is gaining ground in India as young people resist social pressure to have children. According to the Spanish newspaper ABC, in conversation with the print media, Samuel would have liked his parents, but "they had me for their joy and their pleasure".

"A good father puts the boy above his wishes and needs … but the child is himself a desire of the father," says Samuel. According to him, procreation is comparable to slavery and kidnapping.

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"My life was incredible, but I do not see why I should submit another life to school brouhaha and looking for a job, especially when they did not ask to exist."

Other people in the same movement support him because they say having children is a burden for the planet. "Should we continue to bring more children into this world and accelerate the process of social and environmental degradation?" Asked Pratima Naik, another leader of the anti-birth movement.

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"We do not want to impose our beliefs on anyone, but more and more people have to wonder why it's not good to have a child in the world right now," he added. "We are a group of people who have decided not to reproduce, we are Indians without children!"