This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Callahan, D. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Contraception and Abortion: American Catholic Responses

Staff Associate of the Population Council

The struggle within Roman Catholicism over contraception, and the struggle which is likely to arise over abortion, reflect a mixture of theological and social change. The challenge to papal authority inherent in the dissent from Pope Paul's encyclical on birth control is bound to have pro found ramifications in the church. At the same time, however, the fact of Catholic assimilation into the mainstream of Ameri can life, a life manifesting the impact of urbanization and tech nology, made a conflict over contraception almost inevitable.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?