By Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing - Recently, I was lectured by a woman defending the right to have an abortion, because, she said, “some people like to have recreational sex,” and they should not have to worry about pregnancy and childbirth in case the synthetic hormones fail, as they often do... I thought about that phrase, “recreational sex,” and how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable it is, this pretense that a man and woman can unite in that unique act, and have it mean no more than if they were strips of Velcro stuck together for an afternoon.