If you’re a regular reader, you know who I am, what my general beliefs are, and that there is a difference between NFP (Natural Family Planning) & FAM (Fertility Awareness Method), namely a religious and moral difference.
Nevertheless, I don’t hesitate to encourage secular folk to check out natural methods of family planning (hence, the Go Organic Brochures & the TIME piece) because I think it’s the best option out there for family planning and infertility diagnosis and treatment out there, and would love to see people off contraception altogether one day.
Via my regular Google Alert, I found this blog which tipped me off to a, shall we say, small business operation called The Red Tent Sisters, who, among their retail offerings, promote a natural method of family planning, which they’ve branded as “eco-contraception.” Called “The Justisse Method,” it appears to be a version of FAM, or secular NFP. I’m curious to know the inspiration behind the name “Justisse.” I’m not sure what their FAM training background is like, but judging from their fees (private 2 hour intro sessions $179 Canadian!), one motivation could be to make money. Group sessions are $65 Canadian, which is slightly more than some NFP classes in the States. I wonder how successful this venture so far is for them?
One thing is for sure, NFP does, in fact, equal pro-woman and pro-sex, so I’m glad it’s catching on!
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I think the Justisse person started out as CrMS and dissented.
(Ya think?) Except they didn’t go to Marquette, taking the materials with them!
The description of the method on their website looks like sympto-thermal.
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