Other Causes Of Pregnancy

Pregnancy can impact a mother's life immensely, as well as the father's life, especially for those who are psychologically or economically unprepared to have a child (or another child).  Intentionally becoming pregnant is a far greater existential and moral issue than many people like to pretend, as it is nothing to casually pursue.  However, it can come about unexpectedly or even in spite of precautionary measures.  That it can be triggered by sexual activities other than sex, as long as sperm makes its way to an ovum, also has its own massive ramifications for everything from how a couple interacts to how a couple should be treated by others.

Even if sex before legal marriage was Biblically sinful (casual sex is the real sin here according to Exodus 22:16-17), it is not as if it automatically follows from the scientific correlations between sex and pregnancy that intercourse is the only way for a woman to conceive a child.  As long as sperm enters the vagina and makes its way to the uterus, a woman could become pregnant, even if that sperm enters her on her own finger or the finger of a man who has not had sex with her but placed his hand inside her genitalia.  Again, it is scientifically possible for pregnancy to result from more than one act (logical possibility means something does not contradict necessary truths, and thus is far more foundational).

One thing that logically follows from this possibility is that just because an unmarried couple produces a child does not mean that they had premarital sex, not that such a thing us automatically sinful on the Christian worldview anyway.  Many lesser sexual acts between persons, including oral sex or the use of hands to stimulate a partner's genitals, are not condemned by the prohibition of casual sex and would also remain permissible even if sex before a legal marriage was Biblically immoral.  They are not the same actions, and it does not follow from intercourse requiring sincere commitment (not legal approval) between consenting men and women that the same is true of all interpersonal sexual activities.

Not only would plenty of evangelicals and other people deny much of this or have never thought of it, but certain individuals also might harass or threaten an unmarried couple at the first sign of pregnancy.  Even as far as the metaphysically and epistemologically inferior nature (to logic) of sensory observation suggests, there are other causes of pregnancy.  Although treating others justly should be practiced no matter the case, some people would be in the wrong even if sex outside of legal marriage or a publicized union was morally erroneous.  The ostracization of someone for pregnancy when actual sex might not be biologically/causally responsible is irrationalistic either way.