Contraception is any action taken to obstruct the union of egg and sperm before, during or after sexual intercourse. Contraceptives are any device or drug used for contraception. Examples of contraceptive are the practice of withdrawal, tubal ligation, vasectomy, the use of condoms and spermicides. The Intrauterine Device (IUD) and most contraceptive pills and injectibles are also called contraceptives. But in a high percentage of cases, they actually prevent births by expelling the developing human being already conceived. They are then more properly called "abortifacients" (i.e., the cause of abortion). Abortificients are even more immoral than true contraceptives, because their use violates the fifth Commandment of God, " Thou shall not kill."
It is immoral to practice contraception because it goes against the natural law with regard to the use of sex. It is a grave moral disorder and objectively constitutes a mortal sin. As such, its has been constantly condemned by the Church. In the Sacred Scripture, we can see how God was displeased at contraception. Onan, the son of Juda, was supposed to beget children on behalf of his deceased brother. "Onan knew that the descendants would not ne his own, so whenever he had relations with his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground, in order not to raise up descendants for his brother. And what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him." (Genesis 38; 9 - 10). In moral theology, the sin has been called "Onanism."
(to be continued...)
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