Effects of Contraception

Marriage and True Love versus “Contraceptive Love”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 10, 2025 /

It is not uncommon to question why the Catholic Church is interested in contraception. Further, because the subject is rarely preached about or spoken of, it is often unclear what exactly the Church teaches and why.  Modern society idolizes what it perceives as freedom, especially regarding human sexuality. Some assert that “love is love.” Sex…

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Birth Control Risks Exposed

By Marisa Cantu and HLI Staff / May 1, 2024 /
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An estimated 966 million women of reproductive age globally use some form of birth control. These methods of contraception include hormonal and non-hormonal birth control, both of which have devastating effects on both the health and the well-being of the family. Hormonal birth control risks include a long list of side effects, such as ectopic…

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Chances of Getting an STD with a Condom

By Jenna McGuire and Marisa Cantu / November 14, 2023 /
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Introduction New contraceptive options were supposed to bring huge improvements to “reproductive health.” Their proponents looked forward to a day when STIs and accidental pregnancies were a thing of the past. It’s time to admit that hormonal birth control and condoms aren’t going to get us there. Despite decades of innovation and availability of the…

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What Are the Environmental Impacts of Hormonal Birth Control?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 4, 2021 /
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Have you ever stopped for gas and watched a giant ten-wheel fuel tanker rumble up to refill the gas station’s tanks? These trucks are enormous, forty feet long, and each carries enough gasoline to fill a small backyard swimming pool. The powerful hormones in abortifacient methods of birth control dictate their modes of operation. Every…

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The Negative Effects of the Pill (And Its Ineffectiveness)

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 11, 2017 /
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Introduction One of the most prominent features of the culture of death is its short-sightedness. It puts grand plans into action and makes sweeping promises about how many lives will be saved or improved by its initiatives. And then its architects are invariably shocked and surprised when a galaxy of negative unintended consequences quickly emerge,…

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Does Contraception Lead to Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 6, 2017 /
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No matter how thin you slice it, ladies and gentlemen, family planning is a euphemism. We don’t intend or desire to prevent conception for conception’s sake; we want to prevent conception because of what follows conception. Family planning is the prevention of births, and as birth is the end of a sequence which begins with…

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