“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.” [Psalms 127:3].
This verse explains that children are a beautiful gift from God, and we ought not to intervene with it and mess it up. Instead, we are to care for and love what He gives us even if it means having to sacrifice. Finding out that you are pregnant, or your spouse is pregnant can be hard and startling news, but being pro-life has taught me and shaped my mind in a way that says all life is, and should be, valued. However, when a couple uses any form of contraception, it takes God’s law and nature, which is Sacred, and brings it down to a lower level when it is supposed to be kept holy. Contraception not only destroys women’s health, bodily, spiritually, and mentally, but it also hurts the family and is unsafe. As young pro-life Catholics, it is our job to block out these lies and fill society with encouragement and authentic, true love.
Contraception is a means to use the other person’s body for pleasure. The use of contraception is utilized when a couple wants to have sexual relations without the “outcome” of children. “Contraception turns sexual union from a prophetic act into a form of blasphemy” by hindering God’s plan of natural fertility through an artificial tool that turns the martial embrace into a pleasure-seeking use of the other’s body. Different forms of contraception are known as “the Pill,” condoms, various shots, IUD (Intrauterine device), and many more. These are all ways to stop, or get rid of the wonderful gift of children, and instead just use the other person. A couple’s love should be freely, totally, faithfully, and fruitfully given to one another. “The early Fathers recognized that the purpose of sexual intercourse in natural law is procreation; contraceptive sex, which deliberately blocks that purpose, is a violation of natural law.”
Sticking out can be very hard and embarrassing, but when you stick out for the right reasons, people start to look more into what you are trying to do, and they start wondering if they should do the same. Contraception and its many forms do affect women’s healthcare. For example, it can affect someone mentally by that person becoming “depressed, having much anxiety, being angry all the time, having sexual disturbances,” and more. In the sacrament of marriage, you and your spouse are called to love each other totally, freely, faithfully, and fruitfully. When using a birth control, the person’s spouse, or that person is not loving each other totally, freely, faithfully, or fruitfully because you want to use the other person’s body, or you want your body to be used as an item. Contraception does not invite God into the marital embrace. “The pleasure that sexual intercourse provides is an additional blessing from God, intended to offer the possibility of new life while strengthening the bond of intimacy, respect, and love between husband and wife. The loving environment this bond creates is the perfect setting for nurturing children.”
-Bella G
The COOL 