Contraception has been a controversial issue for many years and today the conflicting views of Catholic Church and Secular Society will be explored. Contraception, sometimes know as “birth control,” is defined as the deliberate prevention of pregnancy or conception, through various methods including: abstinence (refraining from sex), natural family planning (coordinating the woman’s less fertile time to have sexual intercourse or the withdrawal method), and many artificial means including, condom use, permanent implants, the pill and post-intercourse contraceptives. In Australia, evidence shows that a wide range of contraceptive methods, including withdrawal, sponges and condoms were being use during the early 20th century (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006). In
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The Catholic Church believes contraception artificially stops the ‘procreative’ purpose of sex and so is morally wrong to be used. Every church in Christendom condemned contraception until the Lambeth Conference in 1930, where Anglicanism gave permission for the use of contraception. Since that time, virtually every Christian denomination has accepted various forms of contraception expect the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church has remained adamant and condemns contraceptive sexual intercourse. The Church ideas about contraception come from church teachings rather than scripture, as the Bible has little to say about the subject. (CLICK)The modern attitude of the Catholic Church to contraception was laid down in the 1930s when Pope Pius XI issued Casti Connubbi. This church document said that artificial contraception was a violation of the “law of God and nature” and that those who use it are “branded with the guilt of a grave sin.” (XI, 1930). The idea that the purpose of sexual intercourse is a ‘procreative’ function and should be cherish is what Catholics believe is a “natural law”. (CLICK) In 1968, Pope Paul VI
The Catholic Church believes contraception artificially stops the ‘procreative’ purpose of sex and so is morally wrong to be used. Every church in Christendom condemned contraception until the Lambeth Conference in 1930, where Anglicanism gave permission for the use of contraception. Since that time, virtually every Christian denomination has accepted various forms of contraception expect the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church has remained adamant and condemns contraceptive sexual intercourse. The Church ideas about contraception come from church teachings rather than scripture, as the Bible has little to say about the subject. (CLICK)The modern attitude of the Catholic Church to contraception was laid down in the 1930s when Pope Pius XI issued Casti Connubbi. This church document said that artificial contraception was a violation of the “law of God and nature” and that those who use it are “branded with the guilt of a grave sin.” (XI, 1930). The idea that the purpose of sexual intercourse is a ‘procreative’ function and should be cherish is what Catholics believe is a “natural law”. (CLICK) In 1968, Pope Paul VI