Natural Family Planning

Explained

The Catholic Church has always upheld that all life is sacred. Some contraceptives, in a secondary function, can keep life that has begun from continuing any further. This happens when a fertilized egg is unable to implant due to a hostile environment in the female’s uterus.

The first two bullets (mentioned on the previous tab) usually don’t cause too much of a stir and people feel comfortable with their level of understanding. It is usually the "union" and "procreation" statements that seem to cause a stir. Those statements are the basis for the Catholic teaching of contraceptives being immoral. Even though we should be"unitive" and "procreative" with our sexual relationship as a couple, we do not have to have a family of 10 children. If God’s plan for us is 10 - that is fine, but most likely that is not His plan for most of us. God wants us to have children. So, what are those statements of "union" and "procreation" saying to us in the modern day, as 21st century couples? Think of it this way: You are getting married. As you make plans, you and your fiancé(e) create a list of invited guests. As you go over the list, you realize it is too long. So you take off some names. Now suppose you sent those people a notice that read, "Sorry, you’re not invited to our wedding." How would these notices be received? Although you would not think of sending out such notices, is this not what you’re doing to God’s design for your lives as a couple? All God asks of us is that we be open to His plan for us – to give it a chance.