A baby IS pure and innocent! Incapable of inflicting intentional pain. A baby doesn't think or reason. A baby is a new life that should be respected and appreciated and not accused of causing pain.

Not intending to degrade any male understanding or appreciation of childbirth, and not really wanting to fall back on the "pains of childbrith" line that women use so often, I can only say that is one of the most painful, yet rewarding and worthwhile pains, and unfortunately only those who go thru it can fully understand it. It should never be looked at as a baby who is inflicting pain.

All women of all creeds (or no creed), races and ethnicities who have given birth and all fathers who know the joy of an "innocent and pure" baby,
surely don't hold a tiny life responsible simply because the process of being born causes pain to the mother.

TIS