They will give every conceivable reason for practicing artificial birth control:
Did you ever think that some women use “birth control” for reasons OTHER than birth control and that birth control is an unwanted side effect? I’m guessing not. There are other medical issues with multiple births as well.
Most people I know practice contraception and are not militant about it at all. It’s a private issue. Some people use contraception b/c the mother’s health is already in jeopardy (e.g. my friend with MS).
Try to be charitable.
sfa, probably the greatest mistake the Vatican made since WWII, and maybe since Vatican I, was Humanae Vitae. The Laos tou Theou have resoundingly rejected it, yet it continues to be taught as dogma. In the pre Schism Church, that rejection would have meant the end of any pretense that Humanae Vitae taught true dogma. The wisdom of that ecclesiology and praxis is demonstrated by the almost complete loss of credibility the Magisterium has suffered since the 1960s. The people simply don’t buy it, sfa and sadly, that has lead to a disregard of almost all the teachings of the Western Church.
You should know that in Orthodoxy, matters of family planning by non abortifacient contraception are left to the couple in prayerful consultation with their spiritual father. In this manner the decision to use or not use contraception is informed by The Faith. I’ll bet there isn’t one Orthodox Christian in a million who disagrees with that, preferring rather the Latin prohibition.
Humanae Vitae was ill considered. It was a bad choice and the ramifications of that bad choice are, sadly, plain to see.