Contraception

"Contraception facilitates the kind of relationships and even the kind of attitudes and moral character that are likely to lead to abortion. The contraceptive mentality treats sexual intercourse as though it had little natural connection with babies; it thinks of babies as an "accident" of intercourse, as an unwelcome intrusion into a sexual relationship, as a burden."
—Professor Janet Smith

The Birth Control / Abortion Connection

If you follow the news at all, you've probably heard talk of Preven - the new emergency contraception pill. Birth control, such as this has become society's answer to the rise in unexpected pregnancy. Many say abortions will decrease as we get better birth control methods on the market. Can the pill, Norplant, the IUD, Depo-Provera, and emergency contraception really decrease abortion?

Not likely. See....one of the ways that these chemicals and devices work is to prevent the fertilized egg from attaching to the lining of the uterus. "Fertilized egg" - that means that fertilization has occurred - a new tiny person has been formed and is traveling on his or her way down the fallopian tube to enter and attach to the womb. Once there, the baby receives nourishment, and the growth hormone progesterone needed for survival.

But, if the contraceptive device prevents the newly conceived child from attaching to the uterus (womb), what happens? Without nourishment and room to grow, the child cannot survive and he or she dies in the first 1-7 days of life.

This is what we call an early, chemical abortion.

And perhaps, most scary is that most of the time the mom and dad are totally unaware that they were ever even pregnant. With the introduction of chemical birth control, abortion has not gone down; it's gone up - way up.

But, that's not the only problem with birth control

What birth control has done for our society is turn little babies into disposable objects. Pregnancy is no longer seen as a blessing, but a curse. Parents of large families are looked down upon instead of held in high esteem. We now place more value on getting big salaries, driving nice cars, and living in huge homes. Young married couples want to wait years before starting families because they have learned from our society that children will take away their freedom. So if a child is conceived at the wrong time or is unplanned, abortion becomes a likely option for the couple who cannot see that children are a great blessing.

What we need to remember is this: The only plans we should be making, are plans to live out God's will - not ours. We need to give ourselves and our families fully to Him and let Him take care of the schedule of events. God creates babies, all babies and He has a plan for each and every one of them. When we can learn to see babies, children, and all people as part of God's plan - only then will abortion truly decrease.

Birth control is not the solution - it's part of the problem.

Failure

Condoms have a 11.4 to 22.3% failure rate among teens, according to an article by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, published in
Planned Parenthood's Family Planning Perspectives May/June 1989

Condoms have a failure rate of 26% due to rupture and slippage alone according to studies of five brands of condoms, reported in the British Journal of Medicine July 11, 1987.

Condoms have a failure rate of 10 - 33% for preventing pregnancies in women 25 years and younger, according to the New England Journal of Medicine Mar. 23, 1989.

***Something to consider***

These figures represent rates of pregnancy. However, a woman is fertile only certain times of the month; diseases can be transmitted at any time.

"Even intact condoms have naturally occurring defects (tiny holes
penetrating the entire thickness) measuring five to 50 microns in diameter -- 50 to 500 times the size of the HIV virus," writes C. Michael Roland, head of the Polymer Properties Section at the Naval Research laboratory in Washington, D.C. and editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology, in a published letter to the Washington Times. [In other words, just as rubber tires, over time, lose air, condoms (manufactured of the same product, rubber) also are porous.]

"... the rubber comprising latex condoms has intrinsic voids about 5 microns (0.0002 inches) in size," Roland states. "Contrarily, the AIDS virus is only 0.1 micron (4 millionths of an inch) in size. Since this is a factor of 50 smaller than the voids inherent in rubber, the virus can readily pass through the condom."

***Something to consider***

If the HIV virus was the size of a tennis ball the pores in condoms would be the size of a doorway.

"In addition, condom manufacturers allow 0.4 percent of any given batch to be defective, before a recall is ordered."

"And by the way, some tests administered for strength and leaks are used to spot-check a batch of condoms as opposed to testing the condoms individually. If you just happen to be unlucky to use a condom from a batch that had fewer amount of defective condoms noticed from those selected, you may also place yourself in a vulnerable position to contract HIV if there are more defective ones."

 

Interesting links:

Estrogen overload - Widespread use of birth control pills harming the environment

Depression emerges as the pill's downside

Birth control patch causes deaths