Birth Control

funkystuf31 wrote: I would agree with the idea that birth control is a matter between a couple and their priest. \". What happens is that the fertilized egg is unable to attach to the uterine wall, and because of this it dies. Some pills are meant to trick you into thinking you are pregnant by keeping you hormones elevated at the state they are when you are pregnant.\" Yes, they do that, which is how it prevents pregnancy. However, \"the pill\" (i.e., what is commonly described as the \"birth control pill\") is not abortifaciant, nor does it trick the body into rejecting the egg and not allowing it to attach to the uterine wall. Indeed, even the \"morning after pill\" does not do this; it prevents fertilization from taking place. What you're thinking of with regards to the pill that keeps the egg from attaching to the wall is something completely different, at least in my knowledge. This pill, I believe, is usually taken 3-14 days after conception, which is why the Church is opposed to it. But so far as the morning after pill is concerned, if it isn't abortifacient, I see no real moral issue with it. But that's just a personal opinion. Yes, I agree, abortion cannot be blessed in any way, shape, or form. The Fathers are pretty clear on that.