Humanae Vitae

In Patrick Allitt’s book “The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History” there was several constant themes throughout the book regarding the rise (and ebb?) of conservativism in the United States. Dr. Allitt quietly apologizes to the reader that his book was limited in its pages and scope. One must suspect that major events like the era of Reagan conservativism could have consumed multiple chapters or volumes. Dr. Allitt provides to the reader various thumbnail…

The State of Michigan’s Act 451 of 1976 provides guidelines on which sexual education courses in public schools should abide. This piece of legislation states that “a person shall not dispense or otherwise distribute in a public school or on public school property a family planning drug or device”, explaining that “family planning” means the “use of a range of methods of fertility regulation to help individuals or couples avoid unplanned pregnancies.” Although teenage pregnancy rates have…

It’s NFP Awareness week. While I’m not married, I am human, and I am trained in theology; I know married couples, and I’ve even read books on the moral life, sexuality—Catholic and otherwise. From what I can tell with all the blogging and conversing and observing and questioning I’ve done is that in general, short of “do good, avoid evil,” there is no absolutely absolute abstracted categorical imperative by which we can judge this individual’s actions in this circumstance of this life. Killing…

1987 teaching of the Church regarding reproductive technologies, Instruction on Respect for Human Life (for short) by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI as stated), used similar theology as Pope Paul VI in his encyclical letter Humanae Vitae in the late 1960s that addressed abortion. With the necessity of the teaching in mind that is, like all Church teaching, meant for the general public; so too is my research paper. Hence, my ethos will be primarily based in Catholic bioethics…

In Patrick Allitt’s book “The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History” there were several themes in the book regarding the rise (and ebb?) of conservativism in the United States. Dr. Allitt apologizes to the reader that his book was limited in its length and scope due to restrictions. One may suspect that major events like the era of Reagan conservativism could have consumed multiple chapters or volumes. Dr. Allitt provides to the reader numerous “snapshots” of…

Religious institutions across America are undergoing major cultural changes , as a fast-growing number of millennials (young people thirty and under) are distancing themselves from organized religions. This trend has not affected all religious traditions equally, and the Catholics appear to have fared better than other religions in terms of affiliation. However, the trend in association with the Catholic Church overlooks important changes in American Catholicism, including declining…

For centuries contraception has been available to teenage girls all around the world. As years pass by teenagers find cheaper and easier ways to obtain the pill. Teenage girls may be tricking their own parents into buying or getting them a prescription for birth control. Some teens will try to find any possible way to acquire contraception because they are sexually active. The unsettling truth is young teenage girls are more focused on sexual activities instead of their childhood.…

In a world that glorifies designer brands, where does it end? Society places expensive designer handbags, clothing, and accessories on a pedestal. The names of famous designers lurk in each shopping plaza. In 1977, perhaps two of the most inventive designers, Edwards and Steptoe started a revolution. Edwards and Steptoe successfully fertilized the first egg via in vitro. Louise Brown became known as the world’s first “designer baby”, born in 1978 to her mother Lesley. This revolutionary…

During this semester of the class “Sex and Dating” we had discussed a variety of topics which include chastity and abstinence, pornagraphy, cohabitation, dignity and respect, love marriage, family, dating, and lastly two movies, “Groundhog Day” and “The Emperor 's Club.” With all of these topics comes a huge debate from the teachings of the church to the stance if the people. The discussions that we have had in class based on these topics have really influenced the classes thought process about…