Artificial Contraception

For Those Considering a Vasectomy

©2011 Victor R. Claveau, MJ — Expanded Theological Treatment Introduction A few years ago, I was asked to conduct 35-weekly sessions based upon the foundations of Catholic theology. During the second session, a participant asked me to explain the Church’s teaching on artificial contraception. At the time I hesitated to do so as I had […]

Could it Be? 90% of US Catholics Support Artificial Contraception. So What?

Sonja Corbitt With so many Catholics using and supporting contraception, should the Church sympathize with their plight? A 2005 poll by Harris Interactive claims that 90% of Catholics supported the use of birth control and contraceptives. Newer polls reveal similar numbers and trends. Publicly dissenting Catholics claim they are also “good Catholics,” that the Church has forced […]

The Slaughter of the Innocents through Abortifacient Contraception

Bud McFarlane, Sr. / Militia Immaculata Bishop Victor Galeone, on the 35th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, issued his beautiful pastoral, “Marriage: A Communion of Life and Love,” which he opened by referring to contraception as a serious disorder, the taproot of escalating failed marriages and divorce, and a worsening of sexual behavior at every level of […]

Abortion, and Artificial Contraception

Victor R. Claveau, MJ The Catholic Church has long taught that direct abortion or artificial contraception, because they interfere with the life-producing aspect of the marital act. is intrinsically evil. In his encyclical on Human Life, Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI rejected these methods of regulating birth: “Therefore We base Our words on the first […]

Contraceptive Sterilization

Victor R. Claveau, MJ Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae condemned both sterilization and abortion in very clear terms: “… the direct interruption of the generative process already begun, and, above all, directly willed and procured abortion, even if for therapeutic reasons, are to be absolutely excluded as licit means of regulating birth. Equally to be excluded, […]

Victor R. Claveau, MJ Artificial conception is any method of preventing conception by unnatural means or by the use of artificial barriers such as condoms, diaphragms, spermicides, etc. Using Artificial means to prevent conception is considered to be a serious (mortal) sin. Sterilization involves procedures that render men or women “sterile” – that is incapable […]

The Pill and Birth Defects

Victor R. Claveau, MJ “Teratogen” is a term that refers to any drug or other substance with the potential of interfering with the development of a fetus causing birth defects. Teratogens are thought to have the ability to affect the baby about 10 to14 days after conception. Teratology (from the Greek, meaning monster, or marvel) […]

The Condom, STDs and the Intra-Uterine Device (IUD)

Victor R. Claveau, MJ 7.3 million American women use barrier contraceptives, such as the male condom.[1] Condom use is especially common among teenagers, 20–24-year-olds, childless and never-married women.[2] 27% of teenage women using contraceptives choose condoms as their primary method.[3] A variety of studies have found that condoms have an overall annual failure rate of […]

Some Health Hazards of the Pill

Victor R. Claveau, MJ Malcolm Potts, the first Medical Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), states in his Textbook of Contraceptive Practice that birth control pills cause 150 different chemical changes in the body.[1] Not one of these is beneficial. Abortifacient contraceptives are detrimental to a woman’s physical, emotional, psychological, mental and reproductive […]