He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
'I'm a Catholic, but women need access to contraceptives'
Just now saw this interview with Melinda Gates on her work to provide greater access to contraception to women across the world especially in Africa. She presents a very intelligent argument, I think. What do you think?
I only listened to a minute of it. Don't have time right now but will listen to it later. i've always thought that Creighton isn't a good system to deliver to the poor. Too much precision and need for follow ups. Maybe there's a way...not sure, just guessing. But, there might be a way to do it using another system. I think the more we know about NFP, the more research put into it, and it will be more accessible it will be to others including those living in abject poverty. I heard once that Mother Teresa taught nfp to women in her care. Not sure if it's true, but it would be interesting to see how she did it. Gotta run after posting this poorly worded and quickly written post!
JoAnna, I respond to your post but got this response. "Your comment has been blocked because the blog owner has set their spam filter to not allow comments from users behind proxies.
If you are a regular commenter or you feel that your comment should not have been blocked, please contact the blog owner and ask them to modify this setting." Too bad.
Strange... Usually "my response" means you wrote it. The post about Melinda Gates's work on the first blog you mentioned does not reference a source on the Depo Provera/HIV claim. So, that's my first issue. And the comment about how NFP can be used universally is also untrue. NFP requires respect for the practice from a woman's husband/partner. This condition is sadly not present for most women in the world. I find the claim that everybody on earth can use NFP effectively is a seriously ethnocentric view.
I only listened to a minute of it. Don't have time right now but will listen to it later. i've always thought that Creighton isn't a good system to deliver to the poor. Too much precision and need for follow ups. Maybe there's a way...not sure, just guessing. But, there might be a way to do it using another system. I think the more we know about NFP, the more research put into it, and it will be more accessible it will be to others including those living in abject poverty. I heard once that Mother Teresa taught nfp to women in her care. Not sure if it's true, but it would be interesting to see how she did it. Gotta run after posting this poorly worded and quickly written post!
ReplyDeleteMy response would be as follows: http://www.prowomanprolife.org/2012/07/13/dear-melinda-gates/
ReplyDeleteJoAnna, I respond to your post but got this response. "Your comment has been blocked because the blog owner has set their spam filter to not allow comments from users behind proxies.
ReplyDeleteIf you are a regular commenter or you feel that your comment should not have been blocked, please contact the blog owner and ask them to modify this setting." Too bad.
The blog post I linked to wasn't mine, so you'll have to contact the blog owners and ask them about their settings, should you care to respond.
ReplyDeleteAlso, here's another good rebuttal - turns out the organization in question is seriously fudging their numbers.
Strange... Usually "my response" means you wrote it. The post about Melinda Gates's work on the first blog you mentioned does not reference a source on the Depo Provera/HIV claim. So, that's my first issue. And the comment about how NFP can be used universally is also untrue. NFP requires respect for the practice from a woman's husband/partner. This condition is sadly not present for most women in the world. I find the claim that everybody on earth can use NFP effectively is a seriously ethnocentric view.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying this is the perfect solution, but I liked the points brought up at this site: http://www.1flesh.org/yes-controversy/
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