Man suing parents for bringing him into world without his consent

MUMBAI — A man in India plans to take legal action against his parents for giving birth to him without his consent.

According to the UK’s Mirror, Mumbai-based Raphael Samuel believes that children should not be made to “suffer” life and that couples do not have a “right” to bear offspring without their explicit permission.

The 27-year-old also encourages others to confront their parents and demand an explanation as to why they decided to have children.

According to the UK's Daily Star, Mr Samuel is a prominent member of a growing “anti-natalist” movement which advocates a child-free lifestyle.

The movement is gaining a lot of traction in India – home to 1.2 billion people – where young adults are resisting societal pressure to have children.

“I want to tell Indian kids that they don’t owe their parents anything.

“(Your parents had you for their own) joy and pleasure,” Mr Samuel told Times Now News.

Mr Samuel regularly appears incognito in YouTube videos, in which he expounds on the anti-natalist stand; and runs the Facebook page Nihilanand, which features the meme: “Isn’t forcing a child into this world and then forcing it to have a career (akin to) kidnapping and slavery?”

Despite the impending lawsuit, Mr Samuel says he loves his parents.

“We have a great relationship. (But I don’t see why they needed) to put another life through the rigmarole of school and finding a career – especially when they didn’t ask to exist,” he added. NEW STRAITS TIMES