The reason the church is against the use of any contraceptives is because they believe that sex should only be for procreation so the use of contraceptives is going against god's will. They also believe that if you use contraceptives you are playing God.
Even though the Church believes sex is strictly for procreation, I believe it is unreasonable to ban contraceptives. Doesn't God want happy, healthy families instead of overworked, financially-strained ones? I think it is irresponsible for the Church to ban contraceptives because I don't think they respect how much work and money raising a child really is. There are many families that can't send their kids to college because there's too many of them and in some cases families can't even afford to feed all of their children. In America for a middle class family the average cost of raising a child for infancy to 18 years old is $222,360. This figure does not even include college. When a family can only afford to raise two children it doesn't make sense why they can't use contraception so they don't have more. Although there are some couples that embrace not using contraceptives like the Duggars, there are many couples that want or need to stop having children but can't bring themselves to use contraception. The church has made a social construction that no matter what, it is a sin to use contraception.
Another reason married couples should be allowed to use contraception is because there is a much greater chance for complications during the pregnancy if the mother is older and has had multiple pregnancies. I don't think the church should ban contraceptions because I think God would want families to be happy and healthy with the number of kids they want.
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