Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cylixd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!akgub!cylixd!charli From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Stand firm on your position. Message-ID: <205@cylixd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 14:35:16 EDT Article-I.D.: cylixd.205 Posted: Wed Aug 21 14:35:16 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:45:06 EDT References: <29057@lanl.ARPA> <389@oliven.UUCP> <219@bcsaic.UUCP> Reply-To: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips) Distribution: net Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN Lines: 30 Summary: In article <219@bcsaic.UUCP> pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (pam pincha) writes: >I do not understand why they [pro-lifers] not only want to >do away with abortion, but birth control methods as well?!! Which pro-lifers are you talking about?!! The *official* Catholic position (and the position of *some* fundamentalist Christians) is against birth control, on the grounds that the purpose of sex is procreation. (I don't know many Catholics who adhere to the *official* position, though.) A *few* fundamentalist Christians are also opposed to birth control, on other grounds that I have never really understood. Both groups are also pro-life. Some other persons, generally conservative in their outlook, oppose giving birth control information to minors without the parents' knowledge and consent. These persons, who are generally pro-life, are not generally opposed to birth control for adults. However, not all pro-lifers are Catholic, fundamentalist, or opposed to birth control for minors. As a matter of fact, *most* pro-lifers, even the few who are, in one way or another, opposed to birth control in some form or another, would favor birth control if the alternative is abortion. (I am, by the way, a non-Catholic, non-fundamentalist who is opposed to providing *prescription* birth control (i.e., the Pill) to minors without the parents' knowledge and consent. The parents are, after all, responsible for the care of the minor, and would have to take care of her if she suffered serious side effects. I am in favor of birth control for adults who do not wish to get pregnant.)