Is the Pope against birth control
The catholic church has considered lifting its ban on contraception in the past.By lisa mcclain, boise state university/the conversation this month marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark humanae vitae, pope paul vi's strict prohibition against artificial contraception, issued in the aftermath of the development of the birth control pill.More pertinently, the pope is not against birth control because he believes in the redistribution of wealth but because catholic teaching says he must damn it.The papacy had placed its authority on the line, pitting itself against our government.With his decision to ignore the majority's findings on the birth control commission that contraception could and should be allowed, and instead adopt the conservative minority report, pope paul issued the encyclical humanae vitae and dashed the hopes of catholics around the world.
He appeared to criticize traditional big families (the pope said three children seemed about right) as well as undermine advocates of natural family planning (controlling birth rates without using contraception) by seeming to give aid and comfort to the church's enemies.The supreme court's decision to overturn roe v.The pope responded by emphatically stating that abortion is a crime and absolute evil that cannot be justified.He himself told an interviewer last march that pope paul vi's famous encyclical reaffirming the artificial contraception ban.In july of 1968, fifty years ago, pope paul vi issued his watershed encyclical condemning birth control, humanae vitae.
The papacy is threatened by legalized birth control and abortion in 1964, pope paul vi created the papal commission on population and birth control.Some legal experts have raised concerns that justices could apply the argument for overturning.Paul vi, a great man, in a.
