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Isn’t NFP Just “Catholic Birth Control”?

By On January 31, 2010 · 9 Comments

If you’re an NFP fan (as opposed to FAM–fertility awareness method), you probably get this question from your skeptical friends:

What’s the difference between NFP & Contraception? They can achieve the same end–postponing pregnancy–so what’s the difference? Isn’t NFP just “Catholic Birth Control”?

Although Providentialists & reactionary Catholics [...]

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Ditching the Pill for Good (for…..)

By On January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The surprising part of this article isn’t that it gets that the Pill isn’t a panacea. Nope, it’s a frank article that questions the health benefits and one size fits all approach to women’s wellness that currently passes as health care. The surprising thing is that [...]

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Planned Parenthood Exec: Choice Includes NFP

By On January 19, 2010 · 9 Comments

Prologue: I’ve updated the Think Again Thursdays Update with my comments on Rachel Bereit’s letter to NFPers.

The organization that got its name from family planning has at least one franchise exec who’s actually aware of planning *and* families. 

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Women Look Beyond the Pill (Surprise!)

By On January 11, 2010 · 2 Comments

No, it’s *not* actually a surprise to NFP fans the that Pill isn’t a panacea. Modern NFP has been around since the 60′s, and more widely known since the 70′s and 80′s. But to those outside the NFP-world-niche, the fact that “Women Look Beyond the Pill” is news.

A Red Tent Sister,

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UP & The Gift of Infertility

By On December 23, 2009 · 14 Comments

Have you seen the movie UP? It looked cute, and my Dad recommended it, so we thought we’d give it a go.

“Cute” is no longer an adequate word to describe this film for me because what could have been a schmaltzy animated film ended up [...]

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Kathleen Needs Your NFP input

By On December 17, 2009 · 1 Comment

Kathleen, a WordPress blogger at So Much to Say, So Little Time, is writing an article about NFP for CCL’s Family Foundations, and is wondering if you can answer a question or two or four. (Btw, don’t put your reply in the comments. Please email Kathleen.)

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NFP a Tough Sell in Philly

By On December 8, 2009 · 6 Comments

Three cheers for George & Eileen Finnin, Directors of the Philadelphia Area Natural Family Planning Network. Along with Wichita’s rock star NFP Coordinator, CCL Chicago Chapter and a handful of other fervent NFP advocates, they’re [...]

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Catholic PRWire catches TIME article buzz

By On November 11, 2009 · 5 Comments

| Catholic PRWire

My friend Emily, the new Family Planning Coordinator in the Diocese of Madison, just emailed the link to this commentary on the TIME article and a little bit about my work in Madison. It was posted on [...]

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Contraception: The Fine Print

By On October 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

A recent article in a Denver weekly by Susan E. Wills, Esq. Unfortunately, the print is a little small, but it’s a good piece. The danger of contraception is not news to me, but [...]

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Geocache THIS.

By On October 21, 2009 · 2 Comments

After seeing this clip of The View (which you may or may not like, depending on your politics–watch it anyway) featuring a very strong and family oriented Rachel Campos-Duffy, I decided to find out who this firebrand mother [...]

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NFP (and me) makes the big TIME

By On October 20, 2009 · 16 Comments

I would hardly call one quote the big time, but you know, it’s a play on words. 

This 700 word piece, “Sex & the Eco-City” on Time’s online addition [spoiler alert/warning to the uber-pious and sensitive souls--reverence for sex is sparse] by Kathleen [...]

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Journal Article: Physicians should offer NFP

By On October 15, 2009 · 5 Comments

Maybe if I put this journal article from the American Board of Family Medicine up in a weather balloon and claimed a child was in it, it would get a little more press and recognition. (H/T to

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