Indian man wants to sue parents for giving birth to him 'without consent'

27-year-old from Mumbai compares having children to kidnapping and slavery

An Indian man is planning to sue his parents in India for giving birth to him 'without his consent'.

Raphael Samuel said he had a "great relationship" with his parents but has compared having children to "kidnapping and slavery," Mail Online reported

The 27-year-old from Mumbai is an anti-natalist who believes it is wrong to put an unwilling child through the rigmarole of life for the pleasure of its parents.

The anti-natalist movement is gaining traction in India as younger people resist social pressure to have children.

A similar meme posted on the Facebook page reads: 'If parents truly know what is good for their children... why did they have them?'

Another asks: "Isn't forcing a child into this world and then forcing it to have a career kidnapping and slavery?"

In yet another picture he writes: "The only reason your children are facing problems is because you had them."

Some anti-natalist activists in India also argue that having children is a strain on Earth's resources and avoid procreation for environmental reasons.

Another activist, Pratima Naik, said, "We don't want to impose our beliefs on anyone, but more people need to consider why having a child in the world right now isn't right."

His page, entitled Childfree India, wrote last month, "Should we continue to bring more children in this world and accelerate the process of environmental and social degradation? Do you think existence is pain, and not bringing a child into this world, is a guaranteed way to avoid unnecessary suffering to the child?"

"We are a group of people who have decided not to reproduce. We are Childfree Indians!"