Do Catholics/the Vatican consider preventing pregnancy as bad as having an abortion?
Of course not. The Catholic Church has nothing against “preventing pregnancy” as long as it is done without “artificial interference.” + Abortion vs Contraception + Catholic teaching condemns the intentional killing of the unborn at any time from conception on, defining conception as taking place when “the ovum is fertilized.” There is a sharp moral distinction between contraceptives, which prevent conception, and abortifacients, which destroy the fertilized egg. Intrauterine devices and so-called “morning-after” pills are abortifacients because they destroy a fertilized egg. http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3s… + Natural Family Planning + The Catholic Church believes that God allows natural forms of birth control. In his Angelus address on July 17, 1994, Pope John Paul II restated the Church’s position: “Unfortunately, Catholic thought is often misunderstood … as if the Church supporte
