Contraception sinful?

[ilovesendai7]

Disclaimer: I know that this is a singles' forum and therefore none of us should be in a position in life to be using or contemplating contraception.

So I know that there are some very vocal parties who are anti-contraception and believe that as one of the main purposes of marriage is to be fruitful and multiply, it is sinful to hinder God's plans for our families I.e. prevent pregnancy.

I am currently using a contraceptive pill to keep my hormones under control and keep my acne at bay, but I am single and a virgin, so there's no chance for me to be hindering pregnancy by this use. I am currently undecided on whether the use of it in marriage is sinful or not, but it I arrive at that conclusion, I will plan to discontinue use a few months before I get married.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Gnarwhal]

Being Catholic, I affirm the Church's teaching that contraception is essentially interfering with the natural order. Pope St. John Paul II described it as "a lie in the language of the body".

Now not everybody sees it the way we Catholics do. In fact few, if any, other churches have a perspective on contraception.

 

[James of Arc]

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[Gnarwhal]

I would rather be on the pill then have a kid I am not ready for or want.

The pope says its not ok to use the pill because it is not natural. If he ever gets cancer then he begged not get radiation or pills as it is not natural.

God did not create cars, Telephones, the Internet or TV but we all use them.

That's apples and oranges. The reason the Church takes such a stance is because it's a matter of safeguarding life.

 

[James of Arc]

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[quietpraiyze]

Disclaimer: I know that this is a singles' forum and therefore none of us should be in a position in life to be using or contemplating contraception.

So I know that there are some very vocal parties who are anti-contraception and believe that as one of the main purposes of marriage is to be fruitful and multiply, it is sinful to hinder God's plans for our families I.e. prevent pregnancy.

I am currently using a contraceptive pill to keep my hormones under control and keep my acne at bay, but I am single and a virgin, so there's no chance for me to be hindering pregnancy by this use. I am currently undecided on whether the use of it in marriage is sinful or not, but it I arrive at that conclusion, I will plan to discontinue use a few months before I get married.

What are your thoughts?

Like most things that aren't specifically spelled out in the Word, I think you and your spouse to be are going to have to discuss it and come to a conclusion that is right for you. Just because you come to one decision doesn't mean you can't change your mind down the road. Me? I believe in contraception but I also know that sometimes it doesn't matter. There are people I know who did everything to not get pregnant but did. So there are some things I think are between you, your mate, and God.

 

[James of Arc]

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[EyesOfKohl]

Disclaimer: I know that this is a singles' forum and therefore none of us should be in a position in life to be using or contemplating contraception.

So I know that there are some very vocal parties who are anti-contraception and believe that as one of the main purposes of marriage is to be fruitful and multiply, it is sinful to hinder God's plans for our families I.e. prevent pregnancy.

I am currently using a contraceptive pill to keep my hormones under control and keep my acne at bay, but I am single and a virgin, so there's no chance for me to be hindering pregnancy by this use. I am currently undecided on whether the use of it in marriage is sinful or not, but it I arrive at that conclusion, I will plan to discontinue use a few months before I get married.

What are your thoughts?

Why are you using contraceptive pills if you are a virgin and waiting until marriage.... ?

 

[Gnarwhal]

I do not care for abortion but how do we know that God is not using it as a way to get souls that he loves very much into Heaven without having to pass into this world.

I have no problem with the pill. For those that do though you should not use it.

I mean women flush out an egg every month, is it a sin to have let that egg go to waste?

So what is the differance with not letting other eggs get invaded or not producing them.

This will describe it better than I can. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/birth-control

 

[SnowyMacie]

Why are you using contraceptive pills if you are a virgin and waiting until marriage.... ?

There are some medications where it's required to take contraceptive medications alongside them because of how much the risk is of birth defects. It's to protect the doctor, pharmacist, and drug company. Accutane was infamous for this (my sister had to take birth control pills when she was on it), but that's since been taken off the shelf.

 

[Citanul]

Why are you using contraceptive pills if you are a virgin and waiting until marriage.... ?

While their primary function is to prevent conception, they can also be used to treat medical conditions - the OP said that she was using them to control her hormones and prevent acne.

 

[Goodbook]

Isn't there some other way you can control acne?
I just think with the risk of side effects from the powerful stuff thats in the pill, you could be messing up other parts of your body. There's lots of cancer related illnesses from birth control.

If something is killing off your eggs, which are a natural part of your body and a process that is actually healthy for your fertility that's not actually a good thing.

 

[Goodbook]

If you try and elimination diet that can pinpoint whats aggravating acne. I also notice whenever I had any problems with acne it was only when I got stressed and neglected looking after myself.

 

[SnowyMacie]

Isn't there some other way you can control acne?
I just think with the risk of side effects from the powerful stuff thats in the pill, you could be messing up other parts of your body. There's lots of cancer related illnesses from birth control.

If something is killing off your eggs, which are a natural part of your body and a process that is actually healthy for your fertility that's not actually a good thing.

These acne medications we're talking about are the "last-resort" medications for when nothing else has worked to treat acne. What they effectively do is dry you out from the inside, which is bad for a pregnant woman and causes major birth defects. Due to the level of danger involved in getting pregnant while on these medications, doctors prescribe birth-control.

 

[JeffofGallifrey]

Why are you using contraceptive pills if you are a virgin and waiting until marriage.... ?

So, there are lots of reasons a woman might take contraceptives that have nothing to do with avoiding pregnancy. Controlling acne is one of the more CF-worthy of those reasons.

As for contraception... I don't think it's sinful. And if it is, it probably isn't in all cases.

 

[Cearbhall]

Disclaimer: I know that this is a singles' forum and therefore none of us should be in a position in life to be using or contemplating contraception.

I know that you're referring to abstinence, but even if everyone here were abstinent, I would still have to disagree with you. There's always the threat of sexual assault, or just plain recognizing that you might want to be prepared in case you do end up having consensual sex. Every abstinent person should be a well-informed adult and have a plan. Besides that, there are plenty of medical reasons that may lead a person to take contraception, which you know from your situation, but I don't see a reason to judge them for using it while sexually active.

 

[Rhamiel]

Disclaimer: I know that this is a singles' forum and therefore none of us should be in a position in life to be using or contemplating contraception.

So I know that there are some very vocal parties who are anti-contraception and believe that as one of the main purposes of marriage is to be fruitful and multiply, it is sinful to hinder God's plans for our families I.e. prevent pregnancy.

I am currently using a contraceptive pill to keep my hormones under control and keep my acne at bay, but I am single and a virgin, so there's no chance for me to be hindering pregnancy by this use. I am currently undecided on whether the use of it in marriage is sinful or not, but it I arrive at that conclusion, I will plan to discontinue use a few months before I get married.

What are your thoughts?

well to be used as medication, it is not sinful at all
because the idea is not that particular pill is sinful, but the act of contraception is sinful

if you decide to use it as medicine when you are married that would not be a sin

but the Pill does have some serious side effects, so maybe you would want to try and find some other type of medication for your acne?
some doctors are lazy and just use the pill to take care of issues that can be dealt with more subtlety

I would rather be on the pill then have a kid I am not ready for or want.

The pope says its not ok to use the pill because it is not natural. If he ever gets cancer then he begged not get radiation or pills as it is not natural.

God did not create cars, Telephones, the Internet or TV but we all use them.

I do not think we are using "natural" in the same way

you use cancer treatment as an analogy
ok lets say I get lung cancer and have trouble breathing
it is natural to get treatment, what are lungs made to do? well they are made to breath
but something is keeping them from acting how they are meant to
so curing the lungs is making them MORE natural, not less

Isn't there some other way you can control acne?
I just think with the risk of side effects from the powerful stuff thats in the pill, you could be messing up other parts of your body. There's lots of cancer related illnesses from birth control.

If something is killing off your eggs, which are a natural part of your body and a process that is actually healthy for your fertility that's not actually a good thing.

very well said

 

[Citanul]

Disclaimer: I know that this is a singles' forum and therefore none of us should be in a position in life to be using or contemplating contraception.

This isn't quite what you were getting at, but I wouldn't say it's wrong to contemplate contraception in terms of how you would make use of it in the future. Even if you're single, there's nothing wrong with having a view regarding at what point in a relationship you would want to have kids, or even if you want to have them at all.

That then leads to consideration of whether you would use contraception or not and if so, which type(s). There's nothing wrong with seeking out information about contraception even if you currently have no need to use it (at least for its main purpose).

 

[ilovesendai7]

Why are you using contraceptive pills if you are a virgin and waiting until marriage.... ?

I wrote the answer right in the post. It's to regulate my hormones to settle my acne down.

 

[blackribbon]

Too tired to read this whole post. However Birth control pills are also called "hormone replacement" pills for a reason...they often help regulate the hormonal cycle of women...therefore reducing horrible cramping (the kind that keeps people from going to school or work), they reduce the amount of blood lost on a cycle by regulating it (I give blood transfusions regularly to women who are losing enough blood to go dangerous anemic on their cycles), they regulate moods, migraines, acne, etc... related to out of whack hormonal cycles. The also prevent pregnancy if used consistency and correctly....

Women without any female organs (hysterectomies) use them to put the female hormones back into the body since the organs that produce many of them have been removed.

They are a valid and important medical treatment to a wide variety of medical problems and are NOT sinful to use.