It happened when she least expected it, while flipping through the channels and coming across Johnnette Benkovic’s Women of Grace® show on EWTN, that aspiring Indy pop star Kira Leyden learned that birth control pills can cause abortion. Horrified at just the thought, this chance discovery turned out to be a life-saving moment.
Tag Archives: birth control pill
American Women Show Preference for Sterilization
By Susaan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report has found that while the pill remains the contraceptive of choice for married American women, they are also much more likely than their global counterparts to opt for sterilization.
“The Pill Kills” Day Set for June 5
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pro-life organizations across the country have designated June 5 as the national “Protest the Pill Day” to mark the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill.
Co-Inventor of Pill Now Calls it a “Catastrophe”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A co-inventor of the birth control pill, Austrian chemist Carl Djerassi, now says his creation has led to a “demographic catastrophe.”
Vatican Warns About Estrogen Pollution
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, the birth control pill is polluting the environment and is partly responsible for male infertility.
Humanae Vitae 40 Years Later
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Since issuing the encyclical, Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968, the Church’s stance against artificial birth control has been called everything from puritanical to completely out-of-touch. But one thing it’s rarely called is exactly what it turned out to be – the truth.
