Christianity And Birth Control

Society would become regressive and people immoral. Men would chase sexual gratification, lose respect for women and view them as objects for sexual pleasure. Since the Catholic Church believed in the natural laws and the promotion of natural sex between married couples for procreation, the conflict would be that sexual intercourse in the marriage bed would lose its ideal. This would also lead to less responsible parenting for children born outside of marriage. History teaches us that contraceptives have been around for a long time and were used by Catholic women and other Christians in the form of “folk remedies and homemade cervical caps” (PBS, BBC). The Catholic Church uses scientific evidence to establish the moral stance taken on contraceptives.

Originally, the major dispute over President Obama’s proposal focused on the coverage of contraception and its “pressure” on religious practices. Some statistics brought to light by the Guttamacher Institute state “that 98% of sexually active Catholic women have used birth control.” Yet, after this was justified opposers of Obamacare then tried to segue into the argument from religion to money. Based on this fact, it’s difficult to make the assumption that all Catholics are anti-contraception. While they may have their religious freedom, they like many others also want to make the decision for themselves when it would be appropriate to have children (Guttamacher Institute).

Health Care in the United States is undergoing a controversial transition at the hand of Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. One goal of the PPACA is to make preventative care more accessible and affordable to millions of Americans (National Women’s Law Center, 2011). “Among the many firsts: employers that offer health insurance must cover certain preventative measures for women, including contraception” (Corbin 2013, p. 1470). This requirement has been coined the “contraception mandate” and has generated an uproar among many Catholic employers in the US (Corbin 2013, p. 1470); they believe it is in violation of their basic rights of religious freedom and freedom of speech to be forced to provide contraceptive services to

All women know they want to have a child and know when they are ready to take on the physical and emotional burdens of pregnancy and child rearing. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt attacked this trend and labeled it as a “race suicide” and a sign of moral decline. He believed that the man and woman who avoided having children was a crime against the race. (Sanger, 2007) The fact that the President attacked ‘birth control’ even before I had the chance to implement the idea has made this a major national issue. My views go against both the President and the Catholic Church. The church regards my views of birth control as immoral and degrading. As the constitution states, all citizens are granted freedom of religion; President Roosevelt is acting in an unconstitutional way by supporting the idea of women forced to adhere to Catholic views. To the Protestants in this country, such legislative measures should not interfere with the principle of this Republic. I do have a right to protest that all women should be independent and keep their religion, ethics, and morality to themselves. A woman's body is her choice, and, in this case, should have the right to choose birth control. (Sanger,

Birth control is a very controversial issue in today's society. Birth control is an act to prevent pregnancy. There are different forms of birth control. I believe it should remain an option to any woman, no matter what their reasoning is. Some people believe that it is the woman's right, but some believe it should not exist due to religious beliefs. I will explain both point of views in this writing.

Though people throughout history have always attempted to prevent unwanted pregnancies, the recent development of safer and more affordable birth control methods and society’s evolving beliefs about sex has led to an entirely new area of health care that would have been heavily criticized just a few generations ago. Society’s acceptance of sex outside of the context of marriage has lead to an increase in casual sex and sex had strictly for pleasure (Vrangolova, 2014). Birth control has been used to help prevent unwanted pregnancies so that users can engage in sex whenever they please without worry. However, because adolescents are included in this group of people, health care providers must consider the ethics of prescribing birth control

Religious organizations have been in opposition to contraceptives for many years, attempting to discontinue their use. Church prevention stems from the belief that contraceptives are equivalent to abortifacients: a topic most religions strongly oppose. The church and U.S. bishops’ ineffective efforts to ban contraceptive use prompted an attempt to prevent women from using birth control through insurance as Patricia Miller, journalist and author of Good Catholics: The Battle Over

Mohler discusses in “Can Christians use Birth Control?” about the evolution of the Christian, especially evangelical Protestants, perspective on birth control. The argument the Mohler is making is that Evangelicals can use birth control as long as they have the right motive and they are still open to the idea of having a kid. Also, he stresses the point that they need to use a contraceptive, which prevents “the sperm from fertilizing the egg”, instead of an abortifacient that allows the egg to get fertilized but does not allow it to successfully implant “itself in the lining of the womb”. He arrives at his argument through six steps. He argues that for an evangelical couple to be able to use birth a contraceptive, they must realize that kids

Never the less, using a surrogate mother in order to have a child for a couple possibly goes back as the the story of Abraham and Sarah in the bible, the Roman Catholic church does not support surrogacy. Their belief is known as 'natural law'. Natural law is the rule of conduct that is given to us by God in the constitution of the nature which God has endowed us (Halverson). The way that the church looks at the viewpoint of surrogacy is that a child must be conceived in a union of his or her mother and father without the aid of a third party, or without methods that separate the marital act from the conception of a child (Bouck). On behalf of the Roman Catholic church children are thought to be a gift from God rather than an object of desire. Pope VI Paul stated in his encyclical Humanae Vitae, “The transmission of life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with the God serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with the God the creator.” In addition, the Catechism of the Catholic Church states that: "Techniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral" (Halverson). Catholic teaching upholds the idea of that one may not do something that is immoral result of something at good end. However, in current

Apart from the many methods of birth control methods, there is also a certain amount of controversy that surrounds the topic. The controversy tends to center around Planned Parenthood and the use of emergency contraceptives. There are many individuals and even some corporations that oppose birth control for religious reasons, stating that the use interferes with “God’s Plan.”

“Women have been searching for effective birth control for thousands of years- for reasons of health, well-being or just convenience” (Clemmitt, “Birth Control Debate). The different types of birth control are daily pills, vaginal sponges, diaphragms, and intrauterine devices to take before a sexual act for it to be affective in preventing a pregnancy (“Birth Control”). There is also a pill that a women can take after a sexual act that can help prevent a pregnancy is the plan B pill (“Birth Control”). While women are searching for birth control there are people such as religious and social leaders that are trying to get rid of birth control and stopping it from being given to women (Clemmitt, “Birth Control Debate”). According to the article

This week marks the forty-sixth anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae, a document which clarified the Church’s moral teaching on contraception. What is contraception? Contraception is, “any action which either before, at the moment of, or after sexual intercourse, is specifically intended to prevent procreation whether as an end or as a means” (Humanae Vitae 14). There are various methods of contraception that temporarily or permanently sterilize a couple, thus making it impossible to have children. Contraception destroys the union and love between couples. In this we find that contraception violates God’s plan of procreation. Contraceptives go against the gift of fertility by treating pregnancy as a disease. The issue of contraception has drawn worldwide attention with people divided on whether it is morally permissible to use any form of contraception. Society views contraception as a development in the modern world that helps in the regulation of birth. We find that many Catholics don’t understand this issue and the Church’s teaching on contraception has been misunderstood. The Church makes it clear through Humane Vitae that any use of contraception is morally wrong, for it violates the dignity of marriage and God’s plan of procreation. It is our understanding that marriage is a sacrament of love between two people, instituted by God, for the whole purpose of continuing his plan of creation. Marriage is the foundation of

Birth control has been misunderstood in the Muslim religion as a sort of advancement which has been created to fulfill western comprehension. A few Muslims consider it to be an attempt to legitimize family planning in modern society. Others see it as an idea which is absolutely against Islamic guidelines. Contraception has remained a consuming issue which needs to be put in to a correct viewpoint. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the Islamic points of view of contraception by analyzing accessible records and scholastic conclusions. The paper discusses the calculated implications of contraception as well as its recorded history to demonstrate that the idea is not new to Islam. It further studies the advanced ways to deal with contraception that have been accepted in Islam while also highlighting strategies of contraception which can not be embraced by Muslims.

The catholic church stated that conception should occur from the marriage act which by its nature is ordered toward loving openness to life, not the manipulations of technicians. In addition, The phrase “the end will justify the means” is not supported or encouraged by the Catholic Church when it comes to “husband and wife [becoming] merely sources for the "raw materials" of egg and sperm;” the process of technicians fertilizing the egg is taking away the natural process of concepting a “child.” However, the argument that humans become simply “raw materials” for procreation can be argued that some couples believe that the next step in their relationship is having children, being able to have a child that is related to one of both the partners in a relationship will seal a bond between them.

The film, The Pill, indicates the views from some Christian groups: they believe the contraceptive pill restrict the life right of the unborn children. Further, they believe that the contraceptive pill is against to the will of the God. In addition, ironically, in the testing process of the pill, women in the Puerto Rico were treated as experimental animals: they took the pills without being informed the side effects of the pills. The women in the Puerto Rico were sacrificed to risk themselves for the interest of the company who sold the pills. However, at the same time, because of them, the pills were able to be sold in the market, and lots of women could control their bodies and enjoy sex without being worry about the pregnancy.