{"id":4244,"date":"2011-07-14T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2011-07-14T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T18:30:02","slug":"catholic-theologian-calls-ny-times-attack-on-natural-contraception-peculiar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/catholic-theologian-calls-ny-times-attack-on-natural-contraception-peculiar","title":{"rendered":"Catholic theologian calls NY Times &#8220;attack&#8221; on natural contraception &#8220;peculiar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent Catholic professor says a New York Times attack on natural contraception is \u201cvery peculiar\u201d and \u201ccompletely uninformative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Janet Smith holds the Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. She is a consultor to the Pontifical Council on the Family and an opponent of contraception. She told the pro-life website LifeSiteNews that the Times\u2019 article \u201creports one couple\u2019s experience as though it were universal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic church opposes any strategy to avoid pregnancy other than natural methods of monitoring the woman\u2019s cycle and fertility signs.<\/p>\n<p>The Times story detailed the story of a couple who had been Catholic anti-contraception activists, but who have now divorced and attend liberal Protestant churches. Smith told LifeSiteNews that natural family planning has strengthened and even saved countless marriages, while the use of contraceptives has been linked to divorce.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/07\/catholic-theologian-calls-ny-times-attack-on-natural-contraception-peculiar.html#ixzz1S6c8Sclf\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent Catholic professor says a New York Times attack on natural contraception is \u201cvery peculiar\u201d and \u201ccompletely uninformative.\u201d Professor Janet Smith holds the Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. 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