Is Contraception Biblical? Part 2

CHILD BEARING & FAMILY PLANNING

1. Assuming that you come to the conviction that:

2. Sex in marriage is not just procreative but recreational & preventative

3. Sin and the curse introduced modifications to the creation ordinance

4. The health and soundness of the spouses take priority over the amount of children one may have

5. Parents are commanded to adequately provide for our children

BIRTH PREVENTION / CONTRACEPTION

1. Natural methods: those that schedule sex around the woman’s ovulation cycle and do not use any means to prevent fertilization (Rhythm, Basal Temperature, Others)

2. Artificial Non-abortive methods: substances or devices that prevent impregnation (preservatives, non abortive pills)

3. Artificial Abortive methods: substances or devices that prevent implantation (T, morning after pills)

4. Against nature methods: sexual abstinence (in marriage) or forbidding marriage

The Fundamental Flaw of the Pro-Choice Argument

1. A woman has the right to choose what to do with her body…True?
2. Life starts at birth or once the “fetus” is formed
3. Being in favor of abortion is being PRO-CHOICE

What contraceptive measures are Biblically allowed in family planning?

1. Natural methods that prevent impregnation
2. Artificial methods that prevent impregnation

What contraceptive measures are not Biblically allowed?

3. Abortive methods: those that prevent implantation or development
4. Abstinence is not a Biblical method for family planning

What measures can you take Biblically to increase your family?

1. Surrogate mothers
2. In vitro fertilization
3. Adoption
4. What about Onanism?