Natural family planning, NFP, is defined by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as natural and moral methods of family planning that can help married couples either achieve or postpone pregnancies. Natural family planning can be compared and contrasted with family planning with use of artificial contraceptives within marriage. Natural family planning differs from family planning with the use of artificial contraceptives within marriage. Natural family planning is the best way to go compared to the use of artificial contraceptives due to it being morally acceptable and the best for family and health of women. Some moral theologian seem to disagree and say that there is no moral difference between natural family planning and the
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Natural family planning has some advantages over family planning through artificial contraceptives. Natural family planning is safe, healthy, and inexpensive, while family planning with artificial contraceptives is harmful, unhealthy, and expensive. Natural family planning is safe and does not affect the women’s health because it does not affect the woman’s natural chemical cycle because it is natural and does not require the use of chemicals or pills. Natural family planning is inexpensive as it does not require one to make purchases of items that prevent or help achieve pregnancy. Natural family planning just requires the family to purchase some classes to educate the family about it. It also requires a basal thermometer and chart which helps determine when the women is fertile. The way the NFP method works is that the family can use the charts and basal thermometer to determine when in the cycle the women in not fertile which is determined by the temperature and the cervical mucus. NFP helps families because it can let a couple know when one can have coitus without the fear of having an unplanned child. The World Health Organization conducted a trial in which they had found that natural family planning is effective and only showed failure rate of only 0.2 pregnancies out of 100 women, which equates to 0.2 % …show more content…
The types expenses that follow with the use of contraceptives used are IUDs, condoms, spermicides, diaphragms, pills, injections, doctor visits, treatments for side effects, chemicals, implants, and the cost of love/gift that is shared when one makes love. IUDs are intrauterine devices that are inserted in the uterus which prevents fertilization of the egg by damaging or killing the sperm and tend to be expensive to maintain due to follow up doctor visits and side effects according to WebMd.com. Some of these side effects can be deadly for example when women use of IUDs they put themselves in greater danger to get benign cancerous tumors and risk themselves by have increasing the chances to get sexual transmitted infections.
When a family uses artificial contraceptives the effect is usually irreversible unlike natural family planning where the family can change their mind and decide to have a child. Whereas the IUDs are inside the women’s uterus and must be removed by a doctor to stop the killing and damaging of the sperm
Natural family planning has some advantages over family planning through artificial contraceptives. Natural family planning is safe, healthy, and inexpensive, while family planning with artificial contraceptives is harmful, unhealthy, and expensive. Natural family planning is safe and does not affect the women’s health because it does not affect the woman’s natural chemical cycle because it is natural and does not require the use of chemicals or pills. Natural family planning is inexpensive as it does not require one to make purchases of items that prevent or help achieve pregnancy. Natural family planning just requires the family to purchase some classes to educate the family about it. It also requires a basal thermometer and chart which helps determine when the women is fertile. The way the NFP method works is that the family can use the charts and basal thermometer to determine when in the cycle the women in not fertile which is determined by the temperature and the cervical mucus. NFP helps families because it can let a couple know when one can have coitus without the fear of having an unplanned child. The World Health Organization conducted a trial in which they had found that natural family planning is effective and only showed failure rate of only 0.2 pregnancies out of 100 women, which equates to 0.2 % …show more content…
The types expenses that follow with the use of contraceptives used are IUDs, condoms, spermicides, diaphragms, pills, injections, doctor visits, treatments for side effects, chemicals, implants, and the cost of love/gift that is shared when one makes love. IUDs are intrauterine devices that are inserted in the uterus which prevents fertilization of the egg by damaging or killing the sperm and tend to be expensive to maintain due to follow up doctor visits and side effects according to WebMd.com. Some of these side effects can be deadly for example when women use of IUDs they put themselves in greater danger to get benign cancerous tumors and risk themselves by have increasing the chances to get sexual transmitted infections.
When a family uses artificial contraceptives the effect is usually irreversible unlike natural family planning where the family can change their mind and decide to have a child. Whereas the IUDs are inside the women’s uterus and must be removed by a doctor to stop the killing and damaging of the sperm