Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In yet another example of global warming hysteria, UK journalist Richard Pindar reports on research by the London School of Economics (LSE) which finds that contraception is five times cheaper than green technologies for preventing climate change. Pindar recommends that people either stop breeding or governments should put contraceptives in public water supplies.
Tag Archives: Humanae Vitae
New “Natural” Birth Control Pill Introduced
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new birth control pill using natural rather than synthetic hormones is being marketed in England after being tested on 3,000 women.
Co-Inventor of Pill Now Calls it a “Catastrophe”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A co-inventor of the birth control pill, Austrian chemist Carl Djerassi, now says his creation has led to a “demographic catastrophe.”
Humanae Vitae 40 Years Later
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Since issuing the encyclical, Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968, the Church’s stance against artificial birth control has been called everything from puritanical to completely out-of-touch. But one thing it’s rarely called is exactly what it turned out to be – the truth.
Dissidents to Publish Condemnation of Humanae Vitae
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The dissident group, Catholics for Choice, plans to publish an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI in a major U.S. and Italian newspaper on July 25, the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, claiming that the encyclical has been an “utter failure” that endangers women’s lives and leaves millions at risk of HIV.
