[honeygrl]

Why would people praising motherhood make me see red? I am a mother of two myself and I stay home with them to care for them. But you know, if we had a 3rd, there is a good chance there might not always be money for milk in the fridge. I'm sure the next statement will be: "you seem to be able to afford internet access." Well, it's because it comes free with my hubby's job at the cable company. We have decent computers because his last job was a much higher rate of pay than what he has now. I don't think it's right to condemn anyone who wishes to stop at 1 or 2 children for whatever reasons they deem necessary as long as they aren't using abortion as their form of birth control.

[Antoninus]

I don't think it's right to condemn anyone who wishes to stop at 1 or 2 children for whatever reasons they deem necessary as long as they aren't using abortion as their form of birth control.

No one is condemning anyone. There is a perfectly acceptable form of birth control which is approved of by the Catholic Church. It's called abstinence. But as with everything else we demand instant gratification; we want to have our cake and eat it too. We think we can successfully seperate the intimate from the procreative aspects of sex and suffer no consequences. People who preach such doctrines are preaching error.

Of course, you realize that many forms of "birth control" are actually abortifacient because they prevent the fertilized egg from implanting. Is that not problematic?