Description of Topic
The controversy of birth control evolves around an issue that has puzzled our morality for years passed. Through countless instances man has tried to separate the sexual act from that of procreation and subsequent childbearing. However, the essence of choosing acceptably lies not only within our morality, but additionally in our power to surmount through the pressure that exists in today’s world. Hence our morality, coupled with society’s constraints, blind us from competently electing the appropriate path towards guiding us in living a morally and reasoned out Christian life. Yet, birth control continues to strive during a period where people of the world neglect to analyze there own actions and accepting the fact that personal dealings seem to reflect their true inner beliefs. Nonetheless, the issue of birth control initiates various psychoanalytical feelings and opinions about life that bring a negative connotation towards the overall perception of vitality.
Thesis/Scope Statement
The use of birth control emphasizes decisions and interpretations of events that arise sometimes without warning which are governed by our desires. Through this our human nature must comprehend the problem, act upon it, and therefore take a stand that might occasionally conflict with our personal beliefs. Yet, while this might deepen the guilt that purges onto us through these times of hardship, choosing the Christian course of actions furthers our deepest desires in pleasing God, the people around us, and eventually ourselves. This essay will encompass a variety of viewpoints concerning the topic of birth control, the legitimacy of particular birth controls, and the controversial topic it brings regarding the Roman Catholic Church.
The Essay on Birth Control
Birth control is a way or method used to prevent pregnancy. There are different kinds of methods of birth control that can be used by man and woman. All of these methods have positive effects or sides. The pros of birth control are the following: (1) lessen the possibility of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) (“Pros and Cons of Different Contraceptive Methods “); (2) it is helpful ...
Order of Points to be Discussed
•Biology – sets up facts for the Church’s argument of natural family Planning
•Natural Family Planning – How it works, the process, the basis for the Church’s teaching
•Types of Birth Control – factual stats, Explain why there is birth control e.g. pregnancy.
•Beauty of Life – Nothing should intervene with the process
•Abstinence – definition, talk about sex-drive, Arguments pro/con, having intercourse only when both partners are ready
•Philosopher’s Viewpoints – Show arguments for and against birth control
•Humanae Vitae – use to prove the sacredness of life
•Birth Control’s fallbacks
•Conclusion – agreement with the Churches teaching regarding the sacredness of the process of conception. Act Christian-like.
Resources:
1)The Birth Control Book- By: Samuel A. Pasquale & Jennifer Cadoff
– provides a complete guide to contraceptive methods
2)Humanae Vitae- By: Pope Paul VI
– represents the teachings and beliefs of a religious man
3)Coping With Birth Control- By: Michael D. Benson
– the fallbacks of birth control
4)Everything You Need to Know About Birth Control- By: Gary Mucciolo
– mainly factual statistics
5)Catechism of the Catholic Church
– the church’s teachings
6)http://www.familyplanning.net/
– facts on natural family planning
7)http://members.aol.com/revising/index.html
– facts that oppose the idea of the church’s teaching on birth control
8)http://www.epigee.org/guide/
– facts on the health issues concerning birth control
9)http://www.plannedparenthood.org/library/facts/griswolddone.html
– a very popular legal case regarding birth control
10)http://www.planetwire.org/
