Definitely. Pre Vatican II there were women in working class parishes in Dublin who were accused of murder in the confessional because they hadn't had a child for two years - contraception of any kind was an absolute no-no. Actually, I was wrong - it's *after* Vatican II, to be precise - it's 1968 and Humane Vitae that allowed "natural contraception". The Lambeth Conference in 1930 changed things for Anglicans and most other Prods followed suit over time.
I know of one couple who had four kids between 1964 and 1969 (three of them unplanned) and then started using Vatican roulette. Only one mistake after that - in 1972.
Even now, I suspect that if the Catholic church were ever to go further on artificial contraception, it will only allow absolute barrier methods such as condoms and caps and not permit the pill or the coil.
The pill is permitted for medical reasons with the contraceptive effect at that point regarded as a side-effect, and that's the principle under which condoms are most likely to be permitted in the near future, since church law is unequal in these situations.*
*I can elaborate for *hours* on this and have some rather good sources on the theological side of things...
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Date: 2006-06-09 03:15 pm (UTC)I know of one couple who had four kids between 1964 and 1969 (three of them unplanned) and then started using Vatican roulette. Only one mistake after that - in 1972.
Even now, I suspect that if the Catholic church were ever to go further on artificial contraception, it will only allow absolute barrier methods such as condoms and caps and not permit the pill or the coil.
The pill is permitted for medical reasons with the contraceptive effect at that point regarded as a side-effect, and that's the principle under which condoms are most likely to be permitted in the near future, since church law is unequal in these situations.*
*I can elaborate for *hours* on this and have some rather good sources on the theological side of things...