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In 1963, Pope John XXIII established a commission of six European non-theologians to study questions of birth control and population. [1] [2] Neither John XXIII nor Paul VI wanted the almost three thousand bishops and other clerics then in Rome for Vatican II to address the birth control issue even though many of these bishops expressed their desire to bring this pressing pastoral issue before ...
Among Christian denominations today, however, there is a large variety of views regarding birth control that range from the acceptance of birth control to only allowing natural family planning to teaching Quiverfull doctrine, which disallows contraception and holds that Christians should have large families. [3] [4]
Buddhist attitudes to contraception are based on the idea that it is wrong to kill for any reason. The most common Buddhist view on birth control is that contraception is acceptable if it prevents conception, but that contraceptives that work by stopping the development of a fertilized egg are wrong and should not be used.
Without the federal protection, an Idaho law could eliminate emergency contraception, which is often called by the brand name Plan B, and intrauterine devices (IUDs) if the ultra-conservative ...
With Democrats pushing to have the over-the-counter birth control pill covered by insurance, Republicans have an opportunity to join them and prove that they are actually “pro-life,” like they ...
Most Americans are strongly in favor of birth control, including people who, like Blackburn, are adamantly opposed to abortion, polls have shown over many years.. Blackburn, a married mother of ...
In 1930, the Lambeth Conference issued a statement permitting birth control: "Where there is a clearly felt moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood, complete abstinence is the primary and obvious method", but if there was morally sound reasoning for avoiding abstinence, "the Conference agrees that other methods may be used, provided that this is done in the light of Christian principles".
The case involved rules that would allow publicly traded companies and large universities to claim a religious objection for refusing to provide coverage.