Can a married catholic woman use birth control pills?

Question

if a catholic woman is married and have sex with her husband, is she allowed to use birth control pills? cause I heard something about it.
if she isnt allowed, can a man have a vasectomy, so his wife wouldnt get pregnant?

btw were pills against period pain and cramps forbiden from the beginning?

Answer 1

O.K. I'm gonna get in a lot of trouble for this answer, but here goes. Show me in the Bible where it says contraception is a sin, show me in the Bible where Jesus says anything about it. Show me in the Bible where it says I can't eat meat on Fridays(I know it's not enforced any more but that's my point). There are God's Laws and there are man's laws, Jesus broke it down and made it simple. 1) Love no other God but the Father and 2) Love each other as I have loved you. WE have spent the next 2000 years making it more complicated and confusing, and we have done a good job. I just can't see God throwing my beautiful, Catholic, caring, wonderful, loving wife into the fires of hell because she took a birth control pill! Please don't antbody take offense at my ranting and raving. It's just how I feel. Follow the commandments, after that what you do is between you and God.

Answer 2

Nope, she can't use the pills and he can't get a vasectomy. Both are forbidden by Rome... in fact, a vasectomy is actually considered "a grave mutilation". The only thing they're allowed to use is the rhythm method, commonly called natural family planning.

NFP is, as claimed by its proponents, 99% effective if used properly. But there is little true scientific data on the practice, and because NFP involves a very rigorous testing of body temperature among other demands, the practice can be less than 65% effective.

And yes, I'm pretty sure the pills were always forbidden, even if they're meant for purely theraputic purposes, because the side-effect is infertility. The RCC has a whole set of rules and regulations regarding what they term "Natural Law", which basically says that if sex doesn't allow for a baby, it's a mortal sin.

Answer 3

Sorry, I guess I'll never get "best answer" because I'm not Catholic. (Sniff-sniff lol I really don't care anyway, so don't worry about it.) I am ex-catholic and remember what was taught. The ideal is to have sex only to procreate, but, hey, everyone knows the only ones going for that are the ones who really only did get married to have kids. (I've never met such people in all my life - Catholic or not Catholic.) So, next comes the only church approved "birth control." I don't know if this generation has even heard of it, but my generation and my parents' generation used to laugh about it. It's called "the rhythm method." Only have sex, when you know you can't conceive. We laughed, because it worked rhythmically - big families with children popping out every 10-14 months. So, birth control is acceptable without external help - (no pills, no contraceptives, no...well nothing but the rhythm method.) As for abortion? NEVER, without a writ from some Catholic official (I don't remember if you need a priest, bishop, or who, just from my length of time away from that church) for any reason, including the life of the mother. But, when it comes to the life of the mother, they usually (if not always) accept that reason. If it's an emergency, it's okay to go for it and then ask permission. (That's how often it's approved, and, face it, it still comes down to "confession" for wiping out sin anyway.) There is no, "yeah, but what if I wanna do it anyway" in the Catholic Church. They know people will, but that doesn't absolve from the sin - no matter what a person believes in. Sin is sin. That's a common Christian concept, so we all know people will sin. It never means it's okay.

Answer 4

Artificial birth control, whether by chemical means (pills) or physical means is fobidden by the Catholic Church since such practices pervert the nature of marital sexual union, which is and must be twofold - the mutual unity, love and pleasure of the couple, and openness to procreation. Sexual union for either purpose to the complete exclusion of the other is illicit.

Surgical mutilation of the body, male or female, as a means of preventing God's plan, is forbidden by God's Church.

Medication or other medical treatment which is truly required for another purpose, and which has the unintended side effect of preventing pregnancy is allowed.

Answer 5

No.

Judeo-Christian tradition has taught for thousands of years:
1. Single people should be celibate.
2. Married people should be faithful to each other (adultery is wrong).
3. Married couples should welcome God's gift of children and, therefore, artificial birth control is against the will of God.

The Catholic Church is not against natural forms of birth control.

Here is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop's website on Natural Family Planning: http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

She can use pills, but it's against the Catholic belief system. No, a man can't have a vasectomy and still abide by the rule.

Answer 7

Birth control is not permitted by the Catholic Church. this includes birth control pills and a vasectomy.

It is morally permissible to take medication for pain and cramps even if one of the side effects of the medication is infertility as long as the reason for taking the medication is not birth control.

Answer 8

Devout Catholics that follow the rules are not allowed to use birth control except abstinence.

Answer 9

she can take the pills for a medical condition such as endometriosis but not to prevent pregnancy. There are only two approved methods of birth control for us married Catholics. Natural Family Planning which is highly successful if performed right and abstinence.

Answer 10

No
No

If used for other reasons than contraception the pills may be used.