Wasn’t this line of reasoning used just prior to the release of Humane Vitae, and that’s what made the document so shocking? I wasn’t around, but it is my understanding that “everybody” thought artificial contraception was going to get the thumbs up.
Yes, they thought contraception was going to be ok now. Left ‘em reeling. It was that Pope’s last ecumenical, too. Such a simple Truth, such frothing.