The phrase
"procreative purpose" refers to the main reason or intention behind the act of creating or bringing new life into the world. It relates to the biological ability or desire to have children and continue the cycle of reproduction.
Full definition
Over four decades in this space we have argued that the radical rejection of the intrinsically
procreative purpose of the marriage act will tend to the «sex is for fun» philosophy, the destruction of the family and the abuseof children.
In the case of sex, the sexual organs have an
inbuilt procreative purpose, and as Humanae Vitae n. 12 teaches, the sexual act has the two inherent meanings of procreation and union.
Forrest is the ultimate Republican foil: Reagan in the ice cream suit of a Pentecostal minister (and Reagan would've played this role, sans significant affectation, a few generations earlier), listening to the good word of momma, God, and the girl he only screws once (and for
procreative purposes at that), in that order.
Gary — There are ways to plan families without separating
the procreative purpose and unitive purpose.
Beyond The Physical The third proposition is significant in that it allows for Natural Family Planning to use the sexual act without intending
the procreative purpose of the act.
The core argument of Humanae Vitae, Paul VI's encyclical on contraception, involves an appeal to
the procreative purpose of the sexual act.
The basis of the Church position is apparently that Catholicism claims that God gave
the procreative purpose to sex, and, for that reason alone, this claim must not be contradicted.