Man wants to sue his parents for giving birth to him 'without consent'

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Um, we aren't sure how well his case will hold up...

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

Twenty Seven year old Raphael Samuel says that despite having a 'great relationship' with his parents, having children is on a par with 'kidnapping and slavery'.

Raphael, who identifies as a 'anti-natalist' believes it's wrong to put children through the stresses of having to get an education, find a job and save enough money to survive.

And he isn't alone, with the anti-natalist movement gaining traction in India with younger people who are choosing not to have children.

A meme from Raphael Samuel's 'anti-natalist' facebook page

Nihilanand.

Speaking to The Print Samuel said: ''I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure. 

'My life has been amazing, but I don't see why I should put another life through the rigamarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn't ask to exist.''

Samuel runs a Facebook page called Nihilanand, which has hundreds of followers, on which he regularly posts anti-natalist material.

One image is captioned 'parents are hypocrites', with the text saying: ''A good parent puts the child above is wants and needs... but the child itself is a want of the parent''.

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'.