![]() ![]() ![]() It is the policy of the Church to discourage the prevention of conception by any means unless the health of the mother demands it. Private Correspondence September 11, 1963 Certainly it will be to the blessing of your little ones-those with whom you are now blessed and others yet to come-if you will keep well and strong so that you can give them proper care. The mother's health should be one of the first consideration. The proper spacing of your babies is your responsibility. It would seem, however, that in your having four babies within five years of your marriage, you are submitting your body to an almost superhuman test, especially with your threatened affliction of arthritis. The Church does not approve of any form of artificial birth control. Of course, in every ideal home the health of the mother, as well as the intelligence and health of the children should receive careful consideration. married couples who, by inheritance and proper living, have themselves been blessed with mental and physical vigor and are recreant in their duty if they refuse to meet the natural and rightful responsibility of parenthood. The soundness of this view will become apparent if the form of the question is slightly changed, thus: 'Is it right for a poor couple to kill some of their children when the wife is sickly and the receive very little care.' Neither poverty no impaired health on the part of either or both parents can be pleaded in justification of pre-natal destruction of offspring. Liahona: The Elders' Journal 8(2):36, 1908 Elder B.F. Anything short of this would have been less than her duty and privilege. ![]() My wife has borne to me fifteen children. God's command, while it did not specify the exact number of children allotted to woman, simply implied that she should exercise the sacred power of procreation to its utmost limit. Woman is capable of bearing one child per year. There is no promise of eternal salvation and exaltation for such as they. Those who attempt to pervert the ways of the Lord, and to prevent their offspring from coming into the world.are guilty of one of the most heinous crimes in the category. Relief Society Magazine 3:367-368, July 1916 The personal correspondence statements come primarily from the manuscript, "Population Control and Church Policy", prepared by request of the General Authorities by selected researchers primarily from the staff of BYU. They reflect honestly the sentiments of the larger articles from which they are often extracted, but no attempt is made to analyze, interpret, or reconcile. ![]() The present collection merely follows a hallowed, time-honored but deplorable LDS tradition: proof-texting. Bush, in Dialogue, a Journal of Mormon Thought X(2):12-44, 1976, which Bush insists is not yet definitive, but certainly is the only legitimate discussion yet available. We have not attempted that here: the only extensive and thorough treatment in LDS literature to attempt such is: "Birth Control Among the Mormons: Introduction to an Insistent Question", by Lester E. private practice, subjective meaning of terms, etc., etc. recognizing that everyone can cite a favorite quote or anecdote from an "authoritative" source to bolster whatever personal view they hold, we hope these few quotes may serve to move discussion to the more honest matters: historical context, audience, consistency with other gospel principles, public pronouncements vs. The following series of statements from LDS writers and General Authorities are chosen primarily for contrast, as an accurate selection which can serve to generate more legitimate discussion of the matter among our people. Errors or typos should be brought to the attention of may have blown it. All other comments are from the packet, not from myself. Editors' comments that are directly ascribable to ME (Sean Luke) are followed with a '-Sean'. These quotes have been taken from a packet of papers which in the past was distributed by a number of sources at BYU.Įditors' comments have been put in italics and surrounded with. These quotes are in no way to be construed as official positions on the subject, and are only provided to hilight the wide range of LDS opinions on it. The following is a collection of historical LDS (Mormon) quotes on birth control. Selected LDS quotes on birth control Selected LDS quotes on birth control ![]()
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