{"id":474,"date":"2010-12-28T09:06:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T09:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/12\/favorites-of-2010-what-do-you-think-about-birth-control.html"},"modified":"2010-12-28T09:06:53","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T09:06:53","slug":"favorites-of-2010-what-do-you-think-about-birth-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/12\/favorites-of-2010-what-do-you-think-about-birth-control.html","title":{"rendered":"Favorites of 2010: What do you think about birth control?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last March, we discussed the benefits and problems with birth control. A positive advancement in stewardship of human life and the environment? A negative attempt to control God? Even now, you can chime in and comment on: “What do you think about birth control<\/a>?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last March, we discussed the benefits and problems with birth control. A positive advancement in stewardship of human life and the environment? A negative attempt to control God? 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