Originally Posted by Pilgrim
At that time most Protestants were not opposed to contraception in general but rather certain TYPES of contraceptives. The truth is that most were opposed to the use of "abortifacients", i.e., anything that caused the destruction of a fertilized egg, e.g., IUD, etc.
Interesting. I've never heard that before and I'd be very interested in learning more. Do you have any references,links...whatever, that I can check out, which delves more into this distinction?

Last edited by Newman; Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:24 PM.