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How Catholic women fought against Vatican's prohibition on contraceptives

  • Written by Mary J. Henold, John R. Turbyfill Professor of History, Roanoke College
People dressed as sperm cells at Papal Nuncio building in The Hague for the sixth birthday of the encyclical, 'Humanae Vitae.'Nationaal Archief

Fifty years ago a fierce debate erupted in the Catholic Church over the papal document “Humanae Vitae,” which reiterated the church’s ban on artificial contraception. Six hundred...

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