What’s Wrong with Contraception?

Here’s where it gets sticky: contraception. Contraception may be one of the most talked about and most difficult topics when it comes to evangelization. It is personal, it is polarizing and it can be difficult to understand. Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle discuss the origins of contraceptives, the Church’s teachings on them, the harm they cause and how you can talk about it with others.

Snippet from the Show
Contraception limits the gift of one person to another.

Humanae Vitae, Paragraph 10 on Discerning More Children

With regard to physical, economic, psychological and social conditions, responsible parenthood is exercised by those who prudently and generously decide to have more children, and by those who, for serious reasons and with due respect to moral precepts, decide not to have additional children for either a certain or an indefinite period of time.

Resources Mentioned

• Casti Connubii
• Humanae Vitae

Tips for Talking to People About Moving from Contraception to Natural Family Planning

1. Communicate well the Church’s teachings. This is not as easy it sounds. This could be through literature, talks, classes.
2. You need to have a way to help couples discern whether they can use Natural Family Planning or not.
3. Once a couple has discerned this, you need to be able to guide the couple towards a really good class on Natural Family Planning.