Contraception

The GCSE/A'level syllabus specifically mentions reasons for contrasting views about the use of contraception.

The following articles provide information on the medical aspects of various methods of contraception and the different views that are held regarding the ethics of these methods.

Articles which primarily consider the different methods of contraception:

• Contraceptives' Mode of Action
• RU-486, the Abortion Pill
• The Safe Sex Hoax
• Guidance on the Morning After Pill
• The Morning After Pill (2002)
• When do contraceptives work? (2003 review)

The issue of post-coital contraception is particularly contentious because of the timing for prevention of pregnancy, does it act after or before a significant stage in embryonic devlopment?

• Post-coital Contraception
• Post-coital Contraception: Christian principles in practice
• Post-coital Contraception: Christian principles in practice - a response

Even among Christians there may not be a consensus about the ethics of contraception:

• Christians and Contraception
• Conscientious Contraception
• Contraceptive Commotion
• Contraception for the Unmarried?

The following articles consider the relationship between contraception and other methods of controlling reproduction:

• Contraception, Infertility Treatments and Genetics

For a review of relevant news items since 1997 see the contraception news review