Live Action asked and people answered: Is ‘casual sex’ really ‘casualty free’?

The term “body count” is typically used to refer to two different concepts: the number of sexual partners a person has had, or the number of people a person has killed.

Is there a reason that this same term is used for two very different things? And is casual sex casualty free?

Live Action’s latest video takes to the streets to find out.

Key Takeaways:

• People were asked their views on casual sex by sharing what they believed are acceptable “body count” numbers.

• These people were then asked if they felt there was any correlation between a sexual body count and the number of abortions a person has.

• One interviewee shared that two of his preborn children were killed by abortion — an example of the casualties that can occur from casual sex.

The Details:

Live Action’s Juan Garcia took to the streets to ask passerby if they knew the definition of ‘body count.’ Most people were able to provide both definitions, with many offering varying answers as to what they considered an “acceptable” number of sexual partners.

Is Casual Sex Casualty Free?

After getting a wide variety of answers — with most people inferring that they were okay with casual sex — Garcia turned the conversation in a different direction.

“If every day, 3,000 abortions occur, that’s over one million each year, and nine out of 10 abortions are to unwed parents, what does that say about casual sex?” he asked.

“I understand that they’re connected. I would have never thought that,” a man responded. “If you lowered the body count with abstinence before marriage, more than likely you won’t create the second body count.”

The video’s second question — is casual sex casualty free? — is answered in the final interview. After showing several people a video describing an abortion procedure, one man became emotional.

“Two of my sons are with God,” he told Garcia. “One I didn’t know about, one I begged to still be here, and they’re not.”

The man described begging his ex to give him the child to raise rather than having an abortion, but she refused, saying it would look bad for a mother to walk away from her child.

“It don’t bother you to kill him, but you care about looks?” the man said he told her. He tearfully added, “I’d have been a good dad.”

The Bottom Line:

As Garcia pointed out in the video, nine out of 10 abortions are to unmarried women.

The increasing, widespread acceptance of casual sex — some interviewees stated they are fine with “body counts” in the hundreds, and even thousands — undoubtedly correlates to the nearly 3,000 babies who are killed by abortion each day.

Sex, which has the potential to create new human life, is never a casual act. Clearly, based on abortion statistics, one of the best ways to reduce the abortion rate is to save sex for marriage.

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