Sexuality: Modern View vs. Christian View

Babies: Blessings or Burdens?

World Population Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects, The 1998 Revision; and estimates by the Population Reference Bureau

Total Fertility Rate

God is Love

Male and Female He Created Them “It is not good that man should be alone.” (Gen. 2:18)

The Importance of Marriage

Casual, Recreational Sex

Accidental Pregnancy

Contraception Contribution? Quiz (check one) Q: What contributed the most good to our culture in the last half century?  contraceptives  cars  computers  Ipods

Early Predictions Control the population crisis Reduce the number of unwed pregnancies and abortions Improve marriages

Teen Sex Practices In 2003, 62 percent of 12 th graders had had sexual intercourse. Data about teens’ sexual experiences other than intercourse are more limited. In 1995, – 53 percent of teen males aged said they had been masturbated by a female – 49 percent had received oral sex; – 39 percent had given oral sex; – 11 percent had engaged in anal sex.

Estimated Annual New Cases of STDS Source: Kaiser Family Foundation and American Social Service Health Association: Sexually Transmitted Diseases in America, 1998

Out of Wedlock Births Percentage of out of wedlock births

Children in Poverty, 2000

Abortions

Contraception Leads to Abortion “In some critical respects abortion is of the same character as the decision to use contraception.... For two decades of economic and social developments, people have organized intimate relationships and made choices that define their views of themselves and their places in society, in reliance on the availability of abortion in the event that contraception should fail.” United State Supreme Court Planned Parenthood vs. Casey (1992)

Contraceptives as Abortifacients The contraceptive pill works in three ways: Prevents ovulation Prevents sperm from meeting egg As an abortifacient — prevents fertilized ovum from implanting in uterine wall.

Cohabitation and Divorce Couples now live together before marriage and split up after marriage!

Divorce Rates Divorces (per 1,000 married women)

Contraception’s Bad Consequences  facilitates sex outside of marriage  increases incidence of sexually transmitted diseases  leads to unwanted pregnancy and single parenthood  causes and leads to abortion  contributes to divorce  contributes to social chaos

Pope Paul VI’s Predictions general lowering of morality less respect for women coercive control by governments over sexuality bodies become machines (Humanae Vitae 17)

Oppressive Governments and Population Control

Test Tube Babies designer genes

Humanae Vitae

Catholics and Contraception Catholics 1960: 66% did NOT contracept 66% 80% Catholics 1995: 80% contracept

Philippine Bishops Apologize It is said that when seeking ways of regulating births, only 5% of you consult God. In the face of this unfortunate fact, we your pastors have been remiss: how few are there among you whom we have reached. There have been some couples eager to share their expertise and values on birth regulation with others. They did not receive adequate support from their priests. We did not give them due attention, believing then this ministry consisted merely of imparting a technique best left to married couples.

Philippine Bishops Apologize Only recently have we discovered how deep your yearning is for God to be present in your married lives. But we did not know then how to help you discover God’s presence and activity in your mission of Christian parenting. Afflicted with doubts about alternatives to contraceptive technology, we abandoned you to your confused and lonely consciences with a lame excuse: “follow what your conscience tells you.” How little we realized that it was our consciences that needed to be formed first. A greater concern would have led us to discover that religious hunger in you.

Reasons to condemn Contraception  a violation of the good of a woman’s physical and psychological health  an impediment to the total self-giving of spousal love  a rejection of God as Creator of new life

Fertility is a Great Good

Violation of Physical Health

Common Side-Effects increased irritability increased propensity to depression weight gain reduced sex drive

Dismissing Side Effects Dr. Edris Rice-Wray, a faculty member of the Puerto Rico Medical School and medical director of the Puerto Rico Family Planning Association, was in charge of the trials. After a year of tests, Dr. Rice-Wray reported good news to Pincus. The Pill was 100% effective when taken properly. She also informed him that 17% of the women in the study complained of nausea, dizziness, headaches, stomach pain and vomiting. So serious and sustained were the reactions that Rice-Wray told Pincus that a 10-milligram dose of Enovid caused "too many side reactions to be generally acceptable."side reactions

Dismissing Side Effects Rock and Pincus quickly dismissed Rice-Wray's conclusions. Their patients in Boston had experienced far fewer negative reactions, and they believed many of the complaints were psychosomatic. The men also felt that problems such as bloating and nausea were minor compared to the contraceptive benefits of the drug. Although three women died while participating in the trials, no investigation was conducted to see if the Pill had caused the young women's deaths. Confident in the safety of the Pill, Pincus and Rock took no action to assess the root cause of the side effects.

"SEXY" CONTRACEPTIVE PATCH FATALITY RATE REVEALED 17 women between the ages of 17 and 30 have died since release of the "sexy" patch in These documents also revealed that 21 additional life threatening conditions have been found including: heart attacks, blood clots and strokes. Newswithviews.com 27 Sept 2004

An Insult to Women

Monkeys and Contraception

The T-Shirt Tests

Contraceptive may kill libido When women on the Pill were tested, levels of a chemical which wipes out testosterone were found to be seven times higher than in those who had never taken it. Most worryingly, even those who were not on the Pill, but had taken it in the past, had levels up to four times higher than those who had never used it. Past studies had suggested taking the Pill could dampen a woman's sexual desire, but that if she came off it, her libido would return within a month. Dr Goldstein, former director of the Institute for Sexual Medicine at Boston University, Massachusetts, said that while his research seemed to suggest the effects could be permanent, more investigations were needed. 27may05

Sexual Chemistry FOR YEARS, PROZAC AND THE PILL HAVE GIVEN WOMEN EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND SEXUAL FREEDOM. BUT NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THESE DRUGS CAN NEGATIVELY AFFECT EVERYTHING FROM OUR SEX DRIVE TO OUR CHOICE OF A MATE. RACHAEL COMBE INVESTIGATES

The magic of sexual attraction They say female chemical messengers known as pheromones may help dupe men into thinking plain women are more attractive and beautiful women are less attractive than they actually are. Pheromones - the colourless, odourless chemical signals given off by the body - are thought to affect behaviour in both animals and humans at a sub- conscious level. 16 Dec 1998

Pollution 'changes sex of fish' 10 July 2004 A third of male fish in British rivers are in the process of changing sex due to pollution in human sewage, research by the Environment Agency suggests. A survey of 1,500 fish at 50 river sites found more than a third of males displayed female characteristics. Hormones in the sewage, including those produced by the female contraceptive pill, are thought to be the main cause. The agency says the problem could damage fish populations by reducing their ability to reproduce.

Impediment to Total Self-Giving

Babies are Bonding

God Creates Every Human Soul

Contraceptive Thwarts God’s Life-Giving power

Responsible Parenting

Natural Family Planning Signs of fertilityfertile mucus rise in temperature change in cervix

Effectiveness of NFP “…pregnancy rates [of couples using NFP] have depended on the motivation of couples. Increasingly studies show that rates equivalent to those with other contraceptive methods are readily achieved in the developed and developing worlds. Indeed, a study of 19,843 poor women in India had a pregnancy rate approaching zero. Natural family planning is cheap, efficient, without side effects, and may be particularly acceptable to and efficacious among people in areas of poverty.” Dr. R. E. J. Ryder British Medical Journal, Sept. 18, 1993

NFP vs. Contraception

Benefits of NFP No bad physical side-effects Requires mutual sacrifice Enhances communication between spouses and strengthens marriages Strengthens couple’s relationship with God No harm to society

Miracle at Cana