Ethical Issues with the Contraception World View Introduction: The mindset that leads to contraception is only self-serving and self-centered. People use contraception for selfish reasons every day. Children should be seen as a blessing from God, and He should decide when a couple has children. Today people try to use contraception so that they may decide when to have children. This is selfish and defies God. Different churches have different beliefs about contraception. Up until about 1920 -1930, all the churches had the same views on contraception. It’s hard to understand why non-Catholic churches changed their view to allow contraceptives. A big reason they think it is okay to use is because of overpopulation. It is a fact that the population has been increasing. There is no biblical basis or history of Judeo Christian ancestry of wanting to limit (reduce God’s blessing). Saying that people use this as only as a defense from overpopulation is wrong. It is used by teens, adults, and even married couples. People using contraceptives in the modern world rarely use it because of overpopulation. It is known that having condoms and the pill available everywhere, even to teens, has led to casual sex (including pre-marital), leading to STD’s, as well as unwanted pregnancies, which lead to abortion. Abortion is another issue but very closely related to availability and high use of contraceptives. Contraceptives make it seem normal to have sex whenever you want. This doesn’t happen often but there are people that use contraceptives to do awful things, even as low as cheating on a spouse, because they realize they can get away with it easily if nobody gets pregnant for proof of such an act. A pastor at a church, Father Amyl, said... ... middle of paper ... ...mith, Janet E. Why Humanae Vitae Was Right: A Reader. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993. Print. #10- Kippley, John F. Birth Control and Christian Discipleship. Cincinnati, OH (P.O. Box 111184, Cincinnati 45211-1184): Couple to Couple League International, 1994. Print. #11- “Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Biblical Evidence Against Contraception and For the Blessing of Many Children.” Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Biblical Evidence Against Contraception and For the Blessing of Many Children. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2014. #12- “What About Birth Control?” One More Soul. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2014. #13- “World Population Clock: 7 Billion People (2014) - Worldometers.” World Population Clock: 7 Billion People (2014) - Worldometers. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2014. #14- “Convenience and Ease of Use of Birth Control Methods.” WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 28 May 2014.
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There are many different beliefs floating around Christian as well as secular circles as to what it means to be “pro-life”. Some claim that this view equates all forms of contraception to abortion while others claim that to be “pro-life” one must only be against abortion. In his book The Pro-Life/Choice Debate, Mark Herring summarizes the Humanae Vitae, a document released by Pope Paul VI in the late 1960s, saying “it warns against using contraceptives and engaging in sexual relations for their own sake…” The stance that will be taken in this paper will be that to be “pro-life” is to be against abortion and not contraception. Equating all forms of contraception to that of abortion is an ill-founded and uneducated claim that does more to hurt the perception and potential power of the pro-life movement than it does to help it. It allows the discussion to veer far off the path, as can be seen in Christina Page’s book How the Pro-Choice Movemen...
Subsequently, the provided documents on the birth control movement did show the push and pull factors of the complicated and multifaceted debate. Americas push towards industrial growth, and technology demanded that the subsequent progressive reforms were needed for a society ushering in a new era. At the same time, fear and reluctance to abandon tradition and religious custom acted as the pulling factor. The birth control debate was a complicated and heavily charged debate teemed in religious, social, political, and racial rhetoric. Historical documents help shed new light on the things taken for granted today, even the most seemingly innocuous things like birth control were fought for, so that men and women today could be in charge of their own destinies.
Margaret Sanger’s first order of business in her attempt to claim women’s rights to sexual freedom was to alter the church’s thoughts and ideals regarding the use of contraception. In 1916, when she began her revolutionary crusade, contraception was not only condemned by the Catholic Church, but by many sects of Christianity. After much effort, the year 1930 brought success to Margaret Sanger and her cohorts. It was at this point that the Church of England accepted the use of contraception in certain circumstances, and only between married couples (Contraception History). This victory by Sanger and her organization, Planned Parenthood, was followed by a wave of acceptance among many denominations for contraceptive use among married couples, and then among single adults. The aftermath of Sanger’s efforts influenced much of the world to changing i...
Samuel A. Pasquale, M.D., and Jennifer Cadoff, The Birth Control Book: A Complete Guide to Your Contraceptive Options, New York: Ballantine Books, 1996
In this mind baffling speech by Margaret Sanger, she explains the importance of attaining birth control as a female. She believes that “birth control should be available to every adult man and woman” (The Morality of Birth Control). In her opinion, every person over 18 should at least obtain knowledge of it, and try to practice it as much as possible. “Not only will birth control reduce the rate of disease and famine, it will also help heighten the standards of civilization towards teen pregnancy and child abortion” (Population Growth and Resource Depletion). Only then will people attain real morality.
Some major disadvantages and symptoms of birth control methods include possible heart attacks, possible blood clots, depression, body tenderness, drug interactions, and weight gain (“Birth Control Pills Advantages and Disadvantages”). Though the medical disadvantages of birth control are some ways to take away the access of it to women, most companies refuse this right to their employees because of their own personal beliefs. Birth control is usually a touchy subject for those who associate themselves with Christianity. Those who disapprove of birth control methods feel as though a person should have only one sexual partner in their lifetime and that they should only have sex within marriage. Then they feel as though birth control is not needed because God will send a child to a married couple at the time he sees fit. The bosses of these companies believe that taking away the access to affordable birth control from their employees will somehow stop sex out of wedlock and possibly prevent unwanted
One issue of Human Sexuality in Christianity is the idea of contraception. “Until 1930, when the Anglican Communion modified its teaching, Christians around the world had been unanimous in their condemnation of artificial means of birth control” (LoPresti 132). For centuries, procreation has been the primary purpose of marriage. Now with the advancements of a reliable birth control, sex has taken on a whole new consciousness. Sex now can be seen as fun and pleasurable and independent of procreation. The idea of sex separate from procreation is highly debatable especially in the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church “continues to hold that each and every act of intercourse must remain open to the transmission of new life” (LoPresti 133). This argument is the source of much heated debate due to the steady rise of the Aids Epidemic. The Aids epidemic in the world today is the source of a huge problem. Millions are infected and will continue to infect others without the proper means of contraception. Since there is no cure for Aids, the condom is the catalyst in attempting to control the Aids virus. Since the issue of contraception is in direct contradiction with the Roman Catholic Church, many Catholics find themselves torn between religion and health. So the question for Catholics becomes: Do we follow our catholic teaching or do we try and eradicate this disease? Although most devout Catholics would be opposed to disregarding the teachings of the church, the issue of sav...
Contraception is it right or wrong and are you to young to decide for yourself? Recently we have been hearing a lot about Contraception ad if it is right or wrong and who gets to decide. The name of the Scholarly article that I chose to write about is, (Simonds & Ellertson, 2004, p. 1285-1297) Emergency Contraception and Morality reflections of health care workers and clients. In the United States our government goes back and forth between trying to be conservative and trying to separate personal feelings from what people are trying to push them to do. Our government has been taking steps to over haul health care in the United States and my doing so they have been talking about Contraception and if it’s right or wrong and what guide lines you have to follow to be eligible to receive it. Unplanned pregnancies or ‘surprises” as we call them happen all too often. At some point in our lives we are all affected by them. (Planned parent hood ad, New York Times p. 27 August, 15 2000) in the article the author was trying to prove that Contraception is neither wrong nor right because different cultures and religions have different beliefs. In this article it starts off giving statistics on pregnancy and the methods of contraception. On one end of the Contraception Spectrum there are condoms, abstinence, and birth control pills. During the 20th century contraception was often confused with abortion (Juker 1996) between 1873 and 1965 it was illegal to send information or materials pertaining to contraception or abortion in the mail. Legally and ideology, contraception and abortion share similar history and both are associated with the taboo subject of women’s sexuality (Hawkes 1995) in 1960 the birth control pill ushered in a revolution in c...
Robert Creamer. "Protecting Access to Birth Control Does Not Violate Religious Freedom." Current Controversies: Politics and Religion. Ed. Debra A. Miller. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Lee’s Summit High School. 31 Oct. 2013
These birth control methods make semi-safe sex possible. *** A ban on birth control would mean acts of unprotected intercourse because the lack of protection wouldn’t stop people from having sex. Therefore women who might not be responsible enough for children or just didn’t want them would end up aborting the children they just simply weren’t ready to have. (Dail)
"Sex Education in Christian & Catholic Schools." The Premier Online Debate Website. 8 Mar. 2013. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. .
In the early 1900s, premarital sex was far less common than it is in modern society. The culture of that time period valued virginal brides and condemned teens that had sex prior to marriage. In fact, “social ostracism awaited young ladies who did not wait for marriage” (Mass) However, social isolation was one of the lesser consequences that some believed could befall an individual partaking in premarital sex. Exceptionally religious families and institutions believed that sex outside of marriage was a heinous sin and that such an offense could be punishable by eternal damnation. Furthermore, before “the pill” was ...
Birth control has many different forms in control of reproduction, such as condoms, birth control pills, in some cases abstinence, withradral and the patch, which has come very convenient for women, there?
... to make one general statement regarding a controversial issue and expect it to work, or be true, for everyone. There will always be "what if…" questions that need to be looked at on a case by case basis. When the pope published Humanae Vitae he completely disregarded the opinions of the people he is supposed to be leading. I feel that because the church says that every sexual act should have the possibility of creating life it is hypocritical to support natural family planning but not contraceptives such as condoms and the pill. Each of these takes away the possibility of having a child and is used with the same intent. I feel that this issue should be decided on each couple based on their situation and should not be decided by someone as removed from the situation as the pope is.