[Zechariah_8_13]

But this is not the case with most people. If I grant that for some people, pregnancy can be life threatening, and contraceptives are allowed because they are "self-defense," this still leaves open the vast majority of people who are not in life-or-death circumstances.

I completely disagree. There is never a justification for potentially aborting a child through chemical birth control.

If pregnancy would literally cause death, then a couple should be using sympto-thermal NFP and/or a barrier method. Better yet, sterilization. While I don't agree with sterilization, it's a far better thing than chemical abortion. No one dies with sterilization.

[SoothingDave]

If I grant that for some people, pregnancy can be life threatening, and contraceptives are allowed because they are "self-defense," this still leaves open the vast majority of people who are not in life-or-death circumstances.

I completely disagree. There is never a justification for potentially aborting a child through chemical birth control.

I said "if." I was taking the special pleading off the table in order to focus on the normal situation, people who use contraception without some perceived special medical necessity for it.

It was a rhetorical gesture to focus on the main issue.

SD