Consider a ‘just contraception’

by Letters Editor · December 27, 2012

From Derek Bayman, Durban

No practising Catholic would deny that your correspondents defending the principles of Humanae Vitae are correct�but are they helpful?

“Is it right that mankind should proliferate at the expense of every other living creature? “

There is no doubt that over the centuries the Church has changed its stand on certain aspects when it was found to be necessary in the interests of truth, compassion and simply good human relations.

What would be helpful would be to explain why the laws against contraception are in the best interests of mankind.

When considering this point it may be helpful to take the following points into consideration.

In many parts of the world (perhaps even our own) the decision to have sex is not necessarily the decision of two consenting adults.

Is it God’s will that the women in these situations must simply accept what befalls them and the children that come their way?

How else would one explain how families of six-plus could come about among the poor and jobless?

Poverty is simply because the person affected cannot find a job or perhaps the money earned is insufficient to support the family.� Is it not unreasonable to expect that there will be an infinite number of jobs waiting for every human being that is created?

We cannot ignore that technology is reducing a huge number of jobs that used to be available.

Is it right that mankind should proliferate at the expense of every other living creature? We see that in an ongoing basis people are destroying all sorts of ecosystems to meet their accommodation needs.

Then there is the question of Aids that affects both the guilty and the innocent. Must even the innocents be condemned to a life of celibacy?

Some time in the past the Church decided to define a �just war�. Is it out of the question that a �just contraception� could be considered?