The Birth Control Debate

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Since abortion had been traditionally rejected by Catholic teachings. Many Catholic Churches, sensing that the birth control debate was lost, started to focus on the prohibition of abortion. In 1972 abortion during the first two trimesters became legal in the United States, and in numerous other countries. This in turn caused the Catholic Church to initiate an international campaign against sexual education, family planning, abortion, birth control and redefinitions of the family that included homosexual couples. Also rejected was any discussion of women’s ordination. The Declaration on Procured Abortion said that abortion was forbidden in all circumstances.
In 1994, The United Nations Conference on Population and Development, in Cairo, Egypt