As far as I'm concerned the original article was just as much wishful thinking as that of any pro-abortionist.
Access to free birth control reduces abortion rates | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
The business of the contraceptive pill is a bee in my bonnet I'm afraid. I don't agree with abortion, but there's a huge moral difference between trying to prevent conception and killing a child once it has been conceived.
And as far as
intention goes, I can't see one iota of difference between NFP and the pill. The
INTENTION is precisely the same - to try to avoid conception.
Two Popes set up or expanded two committees, both of which recommended the pill would be moral for married couples, and then Pius VI jettisoned their findings and reasoning in favour of a hardline clique.
As for the mere fact the "pill" is "artificial", except for the absolute basics of air, water, soil, and sun, we spend our entire lives in an "artificial" environment, unlike the animals. We live in "artificial" homes, wear "artificial" clothes, drive "artificial" cars on "artificial" roads, use "artificial" gadgets to freeze our food and heat our meals, get our food in "artificial" containers, get injected with "artificial" vaccines, educated in "artificial" schools, live in "artificial" cities, obey "artificial" traffic lights, and "artificial" laws.
But don't get me started.
Contraceptive Use Is Key to Reducing Abortion Worldwide