What Do Catholics Believe About Birth Control?

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5. back in the 1970s

my brother had a girlfriend whose mother was catholic (i suppose the gf was too). this girl had gotten pregnant when she was 14 years old. so afraid of her mother she was like 4 months along by the time she told her. mother made her have an abortion. i can recall so very clearly sitting at her table and her saying, "i'm catholic but i believe in abortion."
the girl was 14. she had a bright future and it was simply not the time for a child.

another friend, catholic also, was closer to 5 months along when she let her family know she was pregnant (she was 20 and planned to have the baby). mom's reaction? same thing: you have to get an abortion!

in theory it's easy to judge and to say what WE'D do in these situations. when reality rears its ugly head we often discover that we believe things we didn't think we believed. things, like abortion being a valid resolution to an unwanted pregnancy, for instance.

well i'm sure if the republicans get their way there will be plenty more abortions. i'm really shocked that this issue is being discussed at this point in time. but i should be long past the point where the republicans can shock me at all.