In Roman Catholicism, does an individual's history of miscarriage lead to different or more specific guidance on pregnancy prevention?
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As I understand it, Roman Catholicism teaches the following:
- Life begins at conception and therefore abortion is wrong
- Artificial birth control is wrong
Under normal circumstances these teachings seem complementary or at least unrelated. But it seems to me that this combination might be problematic when considering the case of a woman who has a history of miscarriages. Does the Roman Catholic Church specifically instruct such women differently than others?
For example, assume a woman who has had several miscarriages despite medical intervention, and no live births. Would the RCC consider the deaths of the children in the womb of such a woman significant enough to instruct her to take one of the following approaches?
- Abstention from sexual relations until menopause (eliminating the chance of miscarriage)
- Mandatory use of natural family planning and/or artificial birth control (allowing the latter since it can prevent pregnancy more effectively than natural family planning alone)
- Mandatory use of natural family planning only (reducing the chance of miscarriage, but not as much as previous options)
Or does the RCC not recognize a distinction in such a case? From the perspective of the RCC, are such women just as free to pursue pregnancy as those with no history of miscarriage?
Asked by Nathaniel is protesting
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Nov 29, 2016, 03:06 AM
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