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Is Contraception Sinful in Ignorance of Church Teaching?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 19, 2017 /
The Last Judgment ~ Dirck Barendsz

There is a very high level of confusion among Catholics regarding the abortifacient action of various forms of birth control. Unfortunately, this uncertainty is actively promoted by the very profession…

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Is Church Teaching on Contraception Infallible?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 9, 2017 /

…him [¶25].   Is Church Teaching on Contraception Infallible?   Ancient and modern Catholic bishops and theologians have consistently condemned the practice of contraception since the founding of the Church….

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Should We Avoid Offending People Over Contraception?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 14, 2017 /
argument, conflict

…range of Church teaching on sexuality, from contraception to abortion to homosexuality. Several times after these Masses, I witnessed irate parishioners publicly berate him, telling him that he should preach…

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How Birth Control Disrupts Chemistry in Relationships | Dr. Joe Malone

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / January 4, 2024 /

  What type of men do women want? How does birth control affect the science of relationships? Can the pill make you choose the wrong man? Hormonal birth control negatively…

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Contraception vs. NFP

By HLI Staff / October 8, 2021 /

…we can compare the use of contraception and NFP on such key issues as health, love, and morality.   #1. NFP Is Much Better for Women’s Health Contraception: Medical journals…

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Social Problems and the Eugenics Debate: Is Eugenics Ethical?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / January 29, 2024 /
The Eugenic Record Office's 1912 Field Worker's Conference

…Margaret Sanger, founder of the American Birth Control League (later the International Planned Parenthood Federation) and Marie Carmichael Stopes, founder of the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress,…

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The Eugenic Mind of Harry Laughlin

By Susan Ciancio / June 17, 2022 /
disabled woman in a wheelchair

…study of improving the genetic composition of humans through controlled reproduction of different races and classes of people.” Margaret Sanger, founder of the American Birth Control League—which later became Planned…

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In Honor of United Nations Day, Human Life International Shines Light on Genocide Program

By HLI Staff / October 21, 2022 / Comments Off on In Honor of United Nations Day, Human Life International Shines Light on Genocide Program

…and its tools are anything that will reduce the number of children that women are having. These tools include abortion, birth control and sterilization, divorce, purported sex education, and even…

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Birth Control for Teens Who Are “Doing It Anyway”?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 9, 2017 /
teen with birth control

…what they call “serial monogamy” with a succession of “partners.” Should priests look the other way if they use contraception? After all, some ask, birth control for teens is certainly…

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The Environmentalist Roots of the Population Control Movement

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 10, 2020 /
forest green stream earth environment

…for Compulsory Birth Control, Professor Edgar Chasteen proposed a stringently-enforced two-child law for the United States, with every child being immunized against fertility at the age of ten.7 Even the…

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