Thus, sexual activity can be scheduled in such a way that conception can be guarded against. This to me sounds like “contraception,” if in a so-called “natural” fashion.

Is this not a right of a married couple? Now, some oppose certain FORMS of family planning. But, the overall idea of planning how many children you will have, including a girl or woman’s right to refuse unwanted children should not be deemed a bad thing.

This post is on some level fairly distasteful, with respect.

(Note that this teaching retains the literal meaning of “family planning”, as opposed to the UN meaning, where family planning is code for contraception.)

Responsible Parenthood holds that the married couple (marriage being a pre-requisite for family planning!) must make adequate provision for the physical, educational, spiritual, and psychological well being of children they bring into the world–which of course involves avoiding conceiving children for which they are unprepared to provide these things. It also holds that each family has a responsibility, and a right, to make their own plans, in good conscience before God. No one else, not parents, friends, nor government agencies can usurp this right, and responsibility.

Would that more people would follow this common-sense teaching!