PhD explains why she doesn’t use contraception
by Carder
Imagine how pious I felt when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services demanded that employers pay for employees’ contraception, and the media clued me in to the fact that I was part of an elite squad. The 2 percent. The Catholic Mom Marine Corps. The Barefoot and Pregnant Dream Team.
Now that everyone is talking about contraceptives, I get lots of chances to out myself as a Catholic freak. Many people are quite amazed to meet a pants-wearing, educated woman who actually favors the contraceptive-free life. I get lots of amusing questions.
And it’s National NFP Awareness Week, so an opportune time to talk about chemical-free contraception.
~ The Federalist writer Rachel L, who holds a PhD in philosophy, explaining why she doesn’t use contraception, July 25
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
I think its great. I educate about BC and birth control and if people believe Im nutty they dont tell me so. Also most women really listen when I tell them about birth control or cancer.
Excellent! Very well and gently stated.
The comboxes over there were very entertaining and instructive, revelatory of the hostility and ignorance of the Pro-choice crowd. Especially those who leapt in with accusations of her being “abrasive” and “attacking feminists.” They were simply laughed out the the place by the majority of commenters.
Then there was the lady who though the Church formulated the ban on contraception for the first time in 1968, the year Humanae Vitae was issued. Jaw-dropping.
Amen Rachel. I’m part of that elite squad too. NFP never felt so good.