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To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
— Ludwig von Mises, Human Action [1949]
NFP
Investigating NFP: How Effective is It?
Thisentryis part 12 of 11 in the series Investigating NFPYou know what they call people who use Catholic-Church-Approved methods of birth control?
"Parents" - comment on a Championable post
Boy, I'd love to have a dollar for every time I've heard that. Studies have been done before that have shown the periodic abstinence aspect of NFP to […]
Mangling, Mishandling, and Misrepresentation of Science in the Plan B Debate (Part I)
Thisentryis part 3 of 7 in the series Plan BIn an effort to inform people that the Journal of Medical Ethics needs greater scrutiny in the peer review process, I've been scouring the net for mentions of "rhythm method", "Plan B", "embryo death", "Bovens", and related topics. In the process, I have come across some […]
Investigating NFP: The Great Embryo Killer? (Part II)
Thisentryis part 2 of 4 in the series NFP: The Great Embryo Killer?Read Part I of "The Great Embryo Killer?"
Having used what he believes to be sound reasoning to implicate NFP in avoidable embryo deaths, he then entertains some possible pro-life responses. Since there's little actual reasoning in Bovens arguements, I'd just as soon skip […]
Investigating NFP: The Great Embryo Killer? (Part I)
Thisentryis part 1 of 4 in the series NFP: The Great Embryo Killer?[Errors in my arguments were fixed and additional material was added after initial publication. - Funky]
St. Blog's Parish will soon be all aflutter with news that Luc Bovens, a professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics, has written an article ("The […]
Investigating NFP: Ignorance
Thisentryis part 11 of 11 in the series Investigating NFP Via the Natural Family Planning Discussion Board, here's a classic example of the general public's ignorance regarding NFP: "How long is the Legislature of Nebraska going to do the bidding of the Vatican as expressed by the paid lobbyist of the Roman Catholic Church […]
