And yet there are lots of kids running around whose mommies were taking the pill. They didn't all mis-dose themselves.
There will be failures.
Therefore, if the moral issue begins with the fertilized egg, being on the pill is not the moral equivalent of abortion.
Of course, the moral issue is the fertilized egg. It is a new creation, a new soul God has blessed us with.
And how do we welcome this? With a uterus chemically altered to be inhospitable to life., resulting in the demise of the new life.
Maybe this never happens to you and your wife. Maybe it only happens to less than 1 per cent of couples who use the pill. But if it does happen, then you are morally responsible for the choices you have made. Without your intervention the baby would have lived. You are responsible for its death.
So, what odds do you want?
SD
I wonder.
Of course, the moral issue is the fertilized egg. It is a new creation, a new soul God has blessed us with.
Not so fast. Some argue that the moral issue is with any efforts at unnatural contraception. Still others are unconvinced the soul appears at the moment of conception.
And how do we welcome this? With a uterus chemically altered to be inhospitable to life., resulting in the demise of the new life.
Are you sure about that? Again, I may be relatively ignorant on the subject (it's not on my radar screen). But, as I understand it, the one-a-day dose of The Pill fools the body into thinking it's pregnant. (Probably an oversimplification, but...) So, isn't the uterus still quite "hospitable"? Shouldn't it take the "large" dose of The Pill to cause the demise? Or, is it such that the "real" pregnancy combined with the "fake" pregnancy brought about by The Pill and its hormones is typically enough to kill, sooner or later?
Maybe this never happens to you and your wife.
Impossible. (Just to be clear, I'm not biased by any personal motivation, or arguing for any sort of justification.)