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Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

31 December 2006

Dear Friends in Christ,

Some things for you to ponder on this Feast of the Holy Family:

  • Oral contraceptives cause abortions before a woman knows she’s pregnant. How many abortions are there in the US each year of this kind? A conservative estimate says 8.1 to 12.75 million.
  • Planned Parenthood states that the majority of women who have abortions were using contraception when they were pregnant.
  • Barely four years after contraceptives were first tested, researchers found that marriages in which contraceptives were used were twice as likely to end in divorce as those in which they were not used.
  • Abortionists themselves attest that the greater use of contraception means a greater rise in the abortion rate.
  • In October 2006 the Mayo Clinic published an important study finding that women using oral contraceptives had a 44% higher rate of pre-menopausal breast cancer than other women.
  • The results of two major studies have shown that women who take Depo-Provera for two years or more before age 25 have at least a 190% increased risk of developing breast cancer. In addition, Depo-Provera may reduce a woman’s bone density, and worsen a woman’s cholesterol level. Women who had received injectable progestins for at least five years and who had used them at least five years prior, suffered a 430% increased risk of developing cervical cancer. Several studies have shown that women who receive injectable progestins have a 240% higher rate of contracting the AIDS virus if their partner is infected.

I could continue to list more stats, but you see where I am going with this: contraception kills. It kills the soul, it kills babies, it kills marriages, it kills women. Are we still so blind as to think that contraception is a good thing?

This Feast of the Holy Family, let us pray for bigger and better families. The Catholic Church is not guided by the Holy Spirit for nothing! If you are struggling with this issue, come to confession, consecrate your household to the Holy Family, and leave behind the lies. You’ll never regret it!

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, make our families like yours!
Father Smith