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Love and Fertility

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / May 12, 2021 /

…reject contraception, sterilization, abortion and any unnatural use of their sexual faculties, such as coitus interruptus or sodomy. 6. The Difference between Contraception and Natural Family Planning When spouses have…

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Sanger’s Planned Parenthood, Birthed in Eugenic Racism

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 6, 2020 /
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…that she explicitly strove to disseminate birth control among minority communities through the so-called Negro Project. In one infamous letter about that project, Sanger even appears to suggest that her…

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Words and Actions Matter: Abortion in the 2024 Election

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 5, 2024 /

…support for abortion in any and all circumstances. It also expresses the party’s strong support for increased public funding for Planned Parenthood, birth control, comprehensive sex-ed, and transgenderism.   All told,…

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Defunding Planned Parenthood: Why It Matters

By William Lawyer / September 22, 2021 /

…different studies on contraception. These studies, which varied in method and form, looked at the effect of increased access on contraception use, pregnancy, and abortion. Not one single study found…

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When Does Human Life Begin?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / August 7, 2024 /
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…American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) changed the definition to refer to implantation. They made the change so that they could sell abortifacients as “contraception.” When we refer to…

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How Abortion Degrades Men

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 12, 2024 /

…this country supports access to birth control.  Buttigieg, who spoke for nearly five minutes, also addressed other examples of so-called freedom that include contraception, in vitro fertilization, and same-sex unions….

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The Creighton Model of Natural Family Planning

By Susan Ciancio / June 13, 2024 /
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In the US, we value our freedom. The developers of the birth control pill capitalized on this desire. They claim the pill gives women freedom to control their bodies and…

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Using the Theology of the Body to Teach Chastity to Your Teenage Children

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / March 16, 2022 /
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Our world is saturated and infatuated with sex. We see scantily-clad women on billboards and on TV advertisements. We see ads on TV for birth control pills, for IUDs, and…

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Has Feminism Unseated Chivalry?

By Susan Ciancio / September 23, 2019 /
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…1960s, and the 1970s were turbulent years. The birth control pill became legal and readily available. The same was true for abortion. Tensions were high because people were losing their…

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Should Men Speak against Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 8, 2017 /
men and abortion

…the Catholic Church condemns the use of birth control and abortion. Novelist Louise Erdrich fumes, “I still feel a sense of fury at the ghastly idea that celibate old men…

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