Sentences with phrase «widespread use of contraception»
Pope Paul VI and the «out of touch» Church predicted in 1969 that widespread use of contraception would lead to four things: 1) General lowering of moral standards, 2) A rise in infidelity, and illegitimacy 3) The reduction of women to objects used to satisfy men and 4) Government coercion in reproductive matters.
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Proponents of contraception, on the other hand, predicted in the late 60s that widespread contraceptive use would decrease divorce rates, increase marital satisfaction, lower unwanted pregnancies and abortions.
Longley sketches the history of the question of artificial contraception through the 1960s and the widespread expectation that there would be a change in the Church's teaching concerning the immorality of its use.