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Just cause and natural family planning

By Alliance Alert

E. Christian Brugger, D.Phil., Senior Fellow in Ethics at the Culture of Life Foundation: "Some may believe that only extraordinary situations can constitute legitimate reasons for practicing NFP to defer pregnancy (e.g., severe illness of a spouse; extreme financial difficulties; mental breakdown, etc.). In my opinion, this extreme interpretation is incorrect and can result in avoidable harms. ... A few concrete examples of 'iustae causae' for deferring pregnancy might include: 1) Physical or mental illness of one of the spouses; 2) Serious financial instability (e.g., during a period of unemployment); 3) Needs arising from caring for 'high-needs' children; 4) The instability of transitional periods such as spouses in graduate school; 5) Debilitating stress that can arise from having a large family in societies where large families are no longer valued."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).