Dear Alvin —

You are incorrect in your understanding of why the Church teaches that contraception is immoral.

It is wrong because it wills to separate the unitive and procreative aspects of the conjugal act within Marriage.

Mary Ann

HI, Alvin —

I would just add that separating the unitive (love) from the procreative (life) dimensions of sexuality is unnatural.

It violates natural law because the trajectory of human nature is to promote, nurture, and enhance human life:

• biological
• intellectual
• social, and
• religious

life. Open heart surgery and liver transplants promote and enhance life while contraception intentionally thwarts life.

Paul