The covenant theology of sexuality is rooted in Sacred Scripture and Christian personalism. It reaffirms Christian teaching about love and marriage and against every form of sexual immorality, including contraception. The morality of birth control is not considered in isolation. The unnatural forms of birth control are immoral for the same basic reason that adultery, fornication, and sodomy are immoral. Thus, the ultimate reason for the objective evil of all sexual sins is the same. They all fail, in one way or another, to be a sign of the committed and caring love pledged at marriage. They all fail to be a renewal of the marriage covenant.
For more on the marriage covenant, read Sex and the Marriage Covenant: A Basis for Morality.
For a rebirth of chastity, for a stop to contraception and abortion, and for a culture of life, let us pray.
Sheila Kippley
Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach, 2009
Breastfeeding and Catholic Motherhood, 2005
The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding: The Frequency Factor, 2008
Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing, 1974 classic edition, 2008