I’ve been thinking more about Elizabeth Anscombe‘s 1972 Contraception and Chastity, as I urged (and urge) you all to do if you consider yourselves faithful Christians who are willing to be inconvenienced by the requirements of your faith.I might as well publish this now as no matter how long I wait, my thoughts are unlikely to be settled.

Where I’ve arrived so far is that contraception is a morally fraught decision. It ought not to be a default assumption for Christians. It’s not simply a “no-brainer” technological blessing. Oh, yeah: intentionally “child-free marriage” is a sham.

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