Keywords
Ethics, oral contraceptives, Roman Catholic Church
Abstract
The Roman Catholic Church has strong moral rules opposing the use of oral contraceptives. The Church still holds the view that a “sexual union must always allow for the possibility of procreation” (Sullivan, 2006, p.1). Pope Paul VI, in his encyclical Humanae Vitae in 1968, stated that that the use of contraceptives was a sin against God. In this paper, I will present the views of Pope Paul VI from this encyclical, then present arguments against his claim that using them violates God’s law.
DOI
10.15385/jce.2008.7.2.3
Recommended Citation
White, Sara
(2008)
"Pope Paul VI and the Pill,"
CedarEthics: A Journal of Critical Thinking in Bioethics: Vol. 7:
No.
2, Article 3.
DOI: 10.15385/jce.2008.7.2.3
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarethics/vol7/iss2/3
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