BBC - Ethics: Contraception

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What do philosophy and religions say about contraception? Is it an issue of human rights?

Is there ever a duty to use contraception?

The ethics of contraception

Introduction
Moral case for contraception
Moral case against contraception
Duty to use contraception?

Types of contraception and medical issues

Abstinence
Contraception and abortion
Medical ethics and contraception
Mass birth-control programmes
Reversible sterilisation

Religious views

Christianity and contraception
The Bible on contraception
Church of England
Roman Catholicism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Humanism
Islam
Judaism
Mormonism
Sikhism

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Contraception