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• The Role of Contraception in Increasing Abortion

  It’s a common assumption that contraception reduces the need for abortion in the United States. Yet the history of contraception and abortion in the 60s and 70s shows this assumption to be incorrect.

  In the 60s, the legal status of contraceptives and the ability of married couples to use them varied from state to state. Most states had restrictions on how contraceptives could be distributed and who could use them. The United States Supreme Court would play a pivotal role in the increased access to contraception during this period by declaring various state restrictions unconstitutional.  - click [here] to read the rest of the article.
   

• Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch:  1,000 Claimants and Counting

  According to Johnson & Johnson's third quarter SEC filing for 2006 , there are over “1,000 claimants who have filed lawsuits or have made claims regarding injuries allegedly due to Ortho Evra.”  Ortho Evra, also known as the birth control patch, is a transdermal hormonal contraceptive which is applied weekly to the skin. In addition to being a contraceptive, the patch can act as an abortifacient by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. - click [here]
   

• Breast Cancer and Oral Contraception

  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is an annual campaign to build public awareness about the disease as well as to raise funds for research. What does this educational campaign have to do with contraception? It has to do with the fact that many types of oral contraceptives contain estrogen, a synthetic steroid believed to have a key role in the development of breast cancer. - click [here]
   

• Contraception Deception: Changing Definitions To Mask Abortion

  Abortion rights advocates have been accusing the pro-life movement of trying to redefine pregnancy and reclassify certain contraceptives as abortifacients. In essence, they have been charging that the movement has not been telling the truth about contraception but instead has been playing word games in an effort to ban it. - click [here]
   

• "Birth Control Is Selfish" ... The Message Society Doesn't Want To Hear

  This past weekend graduates of Saint Thomas University were treated to a surprising speech by 21-year-old graduating student Ben Kessler. Some graduates walked out, many jeered, and others spewed profanities in response to his speech.   Just what did he speak of which caused such an outcry? The War in Iraq? Border control? NSA spying? None of the above.  click [here]
   

• "Contra-Contraception..." and for a Good Reason, by Mary Worthington

  A recent New York Times Magazine article, "Contra-Contraception" by Russell Shorto [1], highlighted the growing trend against the use of artificial contraception by Christians and the growing number of anti-abortion (pro-life) groups that are addressing the issue. Though he brought to light many aspects of negative impacts of contraception, Shorto's article avoided many important points regarding the harms of artificial birth control on marriage, society and women's health. It served more as a forum to mock the anti-contraception movement. - click [here]
   

• Death by Sex, by John Mallon

  As anyone involved in the 12-Step recovery culture knows: "Denial is not a river in Egypt." It does, however, appear to be a river flowing through present-day Western Culture. A recent study from the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections showed that one in 100 American deaths is related to sexual behavior. - click [here]
   

• Canadian Teens Say Parents, Not Sex-Ed, is Best for Info on Healthy Sexuality, by Gudrun Schultz- click [here]
   
• Changing Attitudes towards Humanae Vitae, by Theo Stearns, TOP- click [here]
   
• An Introduction to Emergency Contraception, by Mary Worthington- click [here]
   
• The Facts of Life and Marriage, by Bradford Wilcox- click [here]
   
• Can Christians Use Birth Control, by Albert Mohler- click [here]
   
• Did Contraception Lead to Homosexuality?, by Mary Worthington- click [here]
   
• Nature has a Way to Plan Your Family, by Janet L. Kistler- click [here]
   
• The Unspoken Crisis, by Duncan Anderson- click [here]
   
• Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Contraception, by Paul Chaim Schenck- click [here]
   
• It's the Sex, Stupid: A Response to Mark Steyn, by Jennifer Roback Morse- click [here]
   
• What Mexican Women Want, by Stephen Mosher- click [here]
   
• The Heterosexual Revolution, by Stephanie Coontz- click [here]

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• Married Love and the Gift of Life- click [here]