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How the Catholic Church came to oppose birth control

  • Written by Lisa McClain, Professor of History and Gender Studies, Boise State University
Pope Paul VI banned contraception for Catholics in the 1968 encyclical, "Humanae Vitae."AP Photo/Jim Pringle

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark “Humanae Vitae,” Pope Paul VI’s strict prohibition against artificial contraception, issued in the aftermath of the development of the birth control pill. At the time,...

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