"Here is where we must dig deeper..... is there sin there? Is it involuntary manslaughter? Is it maybe a sin to not want what God is planning for you? Interesting. I'd say that thin ice seems to paint an accurate picture here.... killing is not easily excused no matter what your plea"
Well...there certainly is death, and I would say there is negligence due to ignorance.
How much of this constitutes "sin" is beyond me, as I think only God can really search a person's heart and determine their culpability.
As for me....I was once on the pill when I was younger, uninformed, and just starting off my marriage to a non-catholic.
One day I took the time to read the information that came with the prescription and stopped taking it.
I have no way of knowing if I ever aborted or not, so I don't know what degree of sin was committed.
My husband eventually converted and we are still wrestling with the whole NFP thing - but I supposed that is another topic.
We did confess the fact I had taken those pills and I trust someday God will let us know what the outcome of our actions were regarding that.
I think alot of responsibility also lies with those who write out the prescriptions to their patients without discussing this feature of the pill with them.
I think many women would not take it if they were told they could still be conceiving.
So I think I addressed my rant above to you in error. .Please forgive any condescension! I'm doing all of this on my small palm pilot screen from bed in the wee hours(have a portable little keyboard that I'm using now), and it makes it tough sometimes to look at who's who!
----"I think alot of responsibility also lies with those who write out the prescriptions to their patients without discussing this feature of the pill with them."------
YES. You are VERY RIGHT. I think that doctors who are aware of these mechanisms of action and their implications(which really should be all, but you're be surprised how little pharmacology the average medical school graduate knows) are very culpable for these sins and are agents of Satan. Regardless, they are acting as agents of Satan whether they know it or not.
-------"I think many women would not take it if they were told they could still be conceiving."