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[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

Catholics should not feel they have to breed "like rabbits" because of the Church's ban on contraception, Pope Francis said on Monday, suggesting approved natural family planning methods.

I had fun with this part:
He mentioned a woman he recently met who already had seven children by caesarean sections and put her life at risk by becoming pregnant again. He said he chided her for "tempting God" and added: "That was an irresponsibility."
Ooh, where do I start? I love how women are always being blamed for getting pregnant like we can magically make ourselves pregnant. Seriously, if that was the case, we wouldn't need men and sex (well, if you're having sex for procreation reasons that is). We could just say "I would like to be pregnant now" and boom-badda-bing! There's a bun in the oven. That's not the case in reality. So, where the fuck is the blame on the husband who got her pregnant? I mean...maybe it was his idea for her to get pregnant, whether she wanted to or not.

Even if that wasn't the case, maybe she wanted another kid despite the risk of being pregnant again? I mean...I could've died from blood loss after I had a first trimester miscarriage where I bled so much that a blood transfusion was required. It happened because I have O negative blood and the fetus' blood, which didn't have my blood type, mixed with mine. I could've easily decided after I had that miscarriage not to bother to try to concieve because of my blood type and the risks of a fetus with a different blood type having blood mix with mine (because yeah...you're monitored throughout the pregnancy to make sure there's no mixing as it's deadly for me). However, I wanted children and I was willing to risk it to have children. Now that I have two children, I don't want to risk it anymore which is why I plan on getting a tubal soon. So yeah...maybe this woman that has had seven children via c-section and is pregnant again wants to be because she wants a big family. That's her choice. And you know what?

I don't see how that is tempting God. Catholic families have had a lot of children for a long time. I mean...they're taught that children are a gift from God.

Also, I love how options with reproductive health keep getting cut down within the Catholic Church. So, let's see: no abortion, no contraception, no having too many children, and NFP all the way! All I can say is that I'm thankful I'm not Catholic where I will basically be damned if I do and damned if I don't (of course, who am I kidding? All women are damned if they do and damned if they don't when it comes to their reproductive lives...regardless if they're religious or not).