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"Except for that part of the population that believes contraception is immoral" If you're thinking of Christians, it isn't necessarily all-or-nothing. Although
by billybob 15y ago
"Except for that part of the population that believes contraception is immoral"
If you're thinking of Christians, it isn't necessarily all-or-nothing. Although I believe the Catholic church disapproves of all contraception, Protestants typically approve of anything that prevents fertilization. Once the egg is fertilized, it's considered a human life worthy of protection; prior to that, the egg and sperm are just cells. So this would be considered fine.
- gjm11 15y agoAnd quite a lot of Protestants are perfectly happy even with methods that may result in the loss of some fertilized eggs. And many, many Catholics use contraception, whatever they're theoretically supposed to think about it.
- lukeschlather 15y agoMost of the Catholic theologians I've run into/read about/heard about are fairly pragmatic about this sort of thing (especially the nuns.) There's the law, and then there's what people do, and then there's what people can do better even if they don't meet God's standards. As for Protestants, you'll find many who agree with the Catholics, many who agree with what you've called typical, and many who consider human life to begin at birth. But most people have a loose affiliation with their denomination, and I don't think there's much that can be called typical about the rank-and-file Protestants or Catholics for that matter.