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The Strange World of Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control Review

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 18, 2017 /

…England Conference on Birth Control.” Birth Control Review, Volume XV, Number 11 (November 1931), page 320]. [108] Ira S. Wile, M.D. “Contraception and Public Health.” Birth Control Review, Volume XV,…

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Birth Control: Is the Pill an Abortifacient?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / October 24, 2023 /

birth control does. Is the Pill an Abortifacient? “Contraceptive” means a method of birth control that prevents pregnancy by placing a physical barrier between them. However, all birth control pills…

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Birth Control Risks Exposed

By Marisa Cantu and HLI Staff / May 1, 2024 /
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…on the type of birth control used. Let’s go through each of these effects in more detail.  Hormonal Birth Control Risks How Does Hormonal Birth Control Work? Hormonal birth control

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Does Contraception Lead to Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 6, 2017 /
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…steadfastly defended the Christian tradition against birth control. The Step from Contraception to Abortion In Western nations, pro-abortion groups work for school-based birth control clinics and comprehensive sex education programs…

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The Difference One Racist Made: Margaret Sanger’s World

By Susan Ciancio / October 20, 2019 /

…reasons. This opened the door for the future legalization of birth control. To advocate for birth control, in 1917 Sanger began to publish The Birth Control Review, which she edited…

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What is Historical Church Teaching on Contraception?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 3, 2018 /

…artificial [birth control] methods, no matter how well-meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her.12 The Spread of Contraception Inevitably, the expansion of approval of contraception by the…

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The Wonder of Natural Family Planning

By Brian Clowes, PhD / March 31, 2021 /
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…during the first year, which is far better than most mechanical methods of contraception.3 The success rate is even better when the method is combined with temperature observations. Currently only…

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What Are the Environmental Impacts of Hormonal Birth Control?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 4, 2021 /
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…as diverse as amphibians and honeybees are in decline.11 Why Don’t We Hear of The Environmental Effects of Birth Control? The environmental effects of hormonal birth control have been suspected…

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The Negative Effects of the Pill (And Its Ineffectiveness)

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 11, 2017 /
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…obtainable, contraception is neither actively nor diligently used. If we had abortion on demand, there would be no reward for the woman who practiced effective contraception. Abortion on demand relieves…

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Why Do So Many “Pro-Choice” Groups Support Forced Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / August 7, 2020 /
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…Garrett Hardin,2 psychologist Wayne Bartz, and Edgar Chasteen, who recommended mandatory contraception in his popular book The Case for Compulsory Birth Control. 3 Many were particularly concerned that Catholics were…

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