Can NFP be Used Selfishly? | Ep. 114
Charting Toward Intimacy
English - April 24, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBReligion & Spirituality natural family planning catholic intimacy marriage sex theology of the body Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Let's talk about selfishness and NFP!
This episode is stemming from a lot of talk about "contraceptive mentality." We're not really talking about contraceptive mentality in this episode, we're talking about the underlying question behind the conversations about contraceptive mentality:
Can NFP be used selfishly? what about if you change the semantics and ask this question: can fertility awareness be used selfishly? The answer is actually different and we dive into what those answers are and why they're different.
Here's a hint at the answers: NFP is not self correcting system where if your reason to avoid pregnancy is not "good enough" or "serious enough" you and your spouse won't be able to abstain for the fertile window. That's just not true for many couples.
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