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Not mention of the Humanae Vitae? That is *the* definitive Catholic text on the issue.
==Catholic teachings on contraception==
==Catholic teachings on contraception==
The Roman Catholic church prohibits the use of artificial contraceptives such as pills or barriers to Catholics, though it supports natural methods of avoiding conception based on timing.
The Roman Catholic church prohibits the use of artificial contraceptives such as pills or barriers to Catholics, though it supports natural methods of avoiding conception based on timing. The policy on contraception is given in the [[Humanae Vitae]].
*The Church does not teach that in engaging in intercourse one has to be acting with a view to procreating, an objective one could realistically have in mind only when one was fertile. What she teaches is that sexual intercourse will not make for an authentic unity of two-in-one-flesh if those engaging in it set out to negate its built-in significance as generative/procreative behaviour. [http://www.linacre.org/contra.html]
*The Church does not teach that in engaging in intercourse one has to be acting with a view to procreating, an objective one could realistically have in mind only when one was fertile. What she teaches is that sexual intercourse will not make for an authentic unity of two-in-one-flesh if those engaging in it set out to negate its built-in significance as generative/procreative behaviour. [http://www.linacre.org/contra.html]
However, by the Lambeth Conference of 1958, contraceptive use among most Anglicans was widespread and a resolution that year stated that the responsibility for deciding upon the number and frequency of children was laid by God upon the consciences of parents ''in such ways as are acceptable to husband and wife''. <ref> [http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/socialpublic/smte.html#contraception Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment | Church of England] </ref>
However, by the Lambeth Conference of 1958, contraceptive use among most Anglicans was widespread and a resolution that year stated that the responsibility for deciding upon the number and frequency of children was laid by God upon the consciences of parents ''in such ways as are acceptable to husband and wife''. <ref> [http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/socialpublic/smte.html#contraception Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment | Church of England] </ref>
==Legality (US)==
Prior to 1965, some US states criminalised the posess and/or distribution of contraceptives for reasons of public morality on the grounds that contraception would encourage [[premarital sex]]. In the 1965 [[Supreme Court]] case of [[Griswold v. Connecticut]], [[activist judges]] invented a constitutional right to contraception. The 1972 case of [[Eisenstadt v. Baird]] later extended this invented right to include even unmarried couples, rendering any legal attempt to restrict access impossible.
==Legality (International==
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Contraception]]
[[Category:Contraception]]