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Contraception and Natural Law
Author(s) -
Anscombe G. E. M.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
new blackfriars
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-2005
pISSN - 0028-4289
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-2005.1965.tb05108.x
Subject(s) - temptation , argument (complex analysis) , possession (linguistics) , law , natural law , natural (archaeology) , publication , sociology , psychology , political science , medicine , philosophy , social psychology , history , linguistics , archaeology
Father Herbert McCabe's article, ‘Contraceptives and Natural Law’, published in the November 1964 issue of New Blackfriars, was based on a paper which he had previously read at a philosophical conference held at Spode House. He was willing to adhere to traditional teaching and was concerned only to criticize a certain argument in its defence. I here publish the reply which I made to his paper at that time. I have the following credentials which are nowadays thought relevant: I am a married lay‐ woman with children and a professional career. I was not always prosperous or in possession of good prospects for the future, and am familiar with the fear of having more children, which makes contraception a temptation.