Birth control Archives

China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population

Jun 29, 2020

The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children.

By Associated Press

Catholic women in England were ‘creative’ in responding to the Pill, author says

Nov 26, 2019

The Pope and the Pill: Sex, Catholicism and Women in Post-war England, a new book by David Geiringer, looks at how Catholic couples navigated the Church’s condemnation of artificial birth control.

By Charles Collins

Rwanda church seeks agreement with state on contraception, abortion

Jul 26, 2019

Rwanda’s Catholic Church said it hopes to reach agreement with the government of President Paul Kagame after senior officials accused the church of hampering birth control policy by refusing contraception and abortion at its hospitals and clinics.

By Jonathan Luxmoore

Documentation on ‘Humanae Vitae’ goes beyond polemics, cardinal says

Oct 19, 2018

In the long process of drafting a document on the regulation of births, St. Paul VI rejected a version that “was limited to a rigorous reaffirmation of doctrine to which Christians and all people were asked to adhere docilely and without reservation,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

By Cindy Wooden

‘Humanae Vitae’ is prophetic ‘blueprint’ for society, bishop says

Oct 12, 2018

The message of Humanae Vitae is “good news” and a guide for rebuilding family and society Bishop James Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, has said.

By Catholic News Agency

‘Humanae Vitae” milestone a refresher on Catholicism and law

Jul 31, 2018

‘Humanae Vitae’ might be better understood in the light of Italian cultural understanding of law.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Contraception feeds violence against women, papal theologian says

Jul 30, 2018

The widespread use of contraception has led to increased violence and aggression against women, the theologian of the papal household said during a mid-July visit to Sydney.

By Catherine Sheehan

What #MeToo can learn from ‘Humanae vitae’

Jul 25, 2018

Sex “untethered” from reproduction can mean “whatever individual men decide it means to them, even violence and power,” says law professor Helen Alvaré, adding that the #MeToo movement can learn from the wisdom expressed by Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical ‘Humanae Vitae.’

By Catholic News Agency