CONTRACEPTIO

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The method or act of preventing the
fertilization of a female’s egg cell inside
a woman’s body before and during
sexual intercourse.

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METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION

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METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION

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METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION

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Prior to Sexual
Intercourse

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 Prior to Sexual Intercourse

CALENDAR METHOD
▧ Natural way of
preventing pregancy
▧ Requires skill in keeping
track of time

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 Prior to Sexual Intercourse

CONTRACEPTIVE
PILLS
▧ Pills taken by female
prior to engaging any
sexual acts
▧ Has a lot of side effects

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 Prior to Sexual Intercourse

INTRAUTERINE
DEVICE (IUD)
▧ Device inserted inside
vagina to prevent entry
of sperm

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Various Contraceptives
During Sexual
Intercourse

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Contraceptives During Sexual Intercourse
CONDOMS
▧ Made of latex
▧ Rubber sheath
▧ Cheapest way of
contraception
▧ Trap semen that contains
sperm
▧ No adverse effect

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Contraceptives During Sexual Intercourse
SPERMICIDES
▧ Chemicals placed in the
opening of the vagina in the
form of creams, jellies, or foam
tablets
▧ Total killing of sperm upon
their introduction to the vagina
▧ Congenital disorders

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 Contraceptives During Sexual Intercourse
SPERMICIDES
(Congenital Disorders)
▧ Malignancies: the state or
presence of a malignant tumor;
cancer.
▧ Body dis figuration: is the
state of having one's appearance
deeply and persistently harmed
medically, such as from a
disease, birth defect, or wound.

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Contraceptives During Sexual Intercourse

COITUS INTERRUPTUS
▧ Act of withdrawing
▧ This method has a high rate
of fertilization
▧ No adverse effect

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Moral Issues in the Use
of Contraception

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 Moral Issues
▧ Philippine government
○ (at one time) encouraged the use of various types of
contraception to solve the persistent problem of
overpopulation
○ RH Law of 2012 “so that couples especially the poor will
have freedom of informed choice on the number and
spacing of children.”

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 Moral Issues
▧ Direct violation to God’s Commandments
○ Led to two main arguments
■ Arbitrary frustration of the generation of new life
■ Arbitrary separation between the unitive and
procreative meaning of conjugal act

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 Arbitrary Frustration of the Generation of New
Life

▧ Contraception
○ deliberately violates main goal of sexual intercourse
(PROCREATION OF LIFE)
○ man has no right to block the natural design of God
▧ Pope Pius XII (October 29, 1951)
○ acknowledge the use of contraception is unacceptable

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 Arbitrary Separation between the Unitive and
Procreative meaning of Conjugal Act
▧ Humane Vitae (by Popo Paul Vi)
-Argument explains two important points
○ UNITIVE
● Affirmation of mutual love of husband and wife
○ PROCREATIVE
● Participation of husband and wife in God’s
creative power

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 Arbitrary Separation between the Unitive and
Procreative meaning of Conjugal Act
▧ Humane Vitae (by Popo Paul Vi)
-Argument explains two important points
○ UNITIVE
● Affirmation of mutual love of husband and wife
○ PROCREATIVE
● Participation of husband and wife in God’s
creative power

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 Arbitrary Separation between the Unitive and
Procreative meaning of Conjugal Act
▧ Intrinsic Issue
○ Birth control to prevent additional children (violation of procreative meaning of
conjugal act)
○ Destroy real purpose of sexual relations
■ *unnatural way of birth control
▧ Extrinsic Issue
○ Infidelity (violation to Unitive meaning of Conjugal Act)
○ Use of contraception to conceal embarrassment or infidelity (violation of
procreative meaning of conjugal act)
○ Use of contraceptive for casual sex relations
○ Changes procreation to pleasure

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Is Contraception a
solution to
Overpopulation

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Overpopulation

- Philippines holds the title of

12th most populated nation in
the world
- Fertile woman has the
capacity to have an average
of three babies in her lifetime

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Norms and Values of
Society versus
Contraception

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 Morally Right
▧ The state of possessing what is generally regarded as good
character, rooted in virtue, in the broad sense of this term that
embraces the variety of vistues.
▧ This norm or value asks wether or not contraception is the
right thing to do in order to control the increasing

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 Morally Good
▧ The individuality right or good actions a man performs as in
such expressions as he/she acted bravely, he/she ,ade a right
decision, or simply he/she did the right thing.

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Recognition of Gender
Change over
Contraception

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SUMMARY

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CONTRACEPTION
▧ Act of preventing the fertilization of a female’s egg cell inside
a woman’s body before and during sexual intercourse.
CONTRACEPTIVES PRIOR TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
▧ Calendar method, contraceptive pills, intrauterine devices
CONTRACEPTIVES DURING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
▧ Condom, spermicides, coitus interruptus

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MORAL ISSUE
▧ Felt most keenly by CONSERVATIVE GROUPS
▧ Viewed the use of contraception as a direct violation of God’s
commandments
▧ Intrinsic moral issues- pertain to marriage
▧ Extrinsic moral issues- issues outside marriage or those with
sexual relations with other people
NORMS AND VALUES OF SOCIETY VERSUS
CONTRACEPTION
▧ Morally right and Morally good

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 Thanks!
Any questions?

GUIBONE, LUBAT, ODI, OLEGARIO, PELANDAS, TAYKO

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