To be truly pro-life, the Vatican should lift its contraception ban

Some years ago a mother of six wrote to this newspaper recounting the effects the Catholic Church ban on artificial contraceptives was having on her life.

“You have a two-month-old on one side of the bed, a 16-month-old on the other, and a two-and-a-half-year-old in another room. Beside you is your husband that you love and who has been using his ‘self-control’ for at least four months. Verbal communication is of necessity cut down to a minimum and cosy chats together are out.

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