Daisy Mora
Adv. Theology - Period 4
November 1, 2015
Contraceptive Mentality
“Contraceptive Mentality in the 21st Century”
Some of the world's most prominent scientists and researchers all agree and will testify to the fact that human life begins at conception. Medical experts have proven this claim multiple times through scientific means and because of this certainty, people acknowledge that life begins at conception. Though, the question lingering here isn't whether life begins at fertilization or when, as this has already been answered. The question most people should be debating about is “Does it matter?” or “Do people care?”.
In the encyclical “Evangelium Vitae”, in order to describe the attitudes of our current society towards the conception of life, the phrase “culture of death” was used by Pope John Paul II. In this issue he described the culture as a lifestyle where moral sins or crimes, such as …show more content…
Though people still tend to find these facts insignificant as they continue to practice the methods used in “death cultures”. Sometimes it seems that they just don't care and for selfish reasons have an abortion or use contraceptives in order to avoid difficulties in their lives. Others probably just don't view the conception of life the same way they view a newborn child therefore find it okay to rid of it. It is a possibility that they justify their actions or other’s because of this. They don't perceive this life as a human, rather as a fetus, and because it is merely a fetus that has not fully developed into a human, they don't feel as guilty or accountable for receiving or performing an abortion or using contraception beforehand. Possibly the child is not viewed as someone who has actually lived, they don't see them as someone who has actually experienced life, as it has never been outside the mother’s womb to actually live in the “real”