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When
we talk about birth control, it is important to establish the start of human
life because this is the very beginning of the argument between the anti and
pro birth control which plays major impact in population explosion. Every sperm
that comes out has life on it. In a
single release during male ejaculation, thousands of lives were freed and all are
ready to develop once meet the egg cell of female. That is why using any form of artificial
contraceptive is killing life which is an abortion and a mortal sin. However, a
claim says that human life actually starts only when the sperm and egg cell
meet. The sperm released are tiny cells that
are only part of life to be and still not guaranteed to create new human
being. It is not human so how can it
call abortion if there is no killing of human life?
Between
these disputes, it is very difficult which side is to believe. It is said that contraceptives immediately deprive
the child’s right to receive life and to be born. Birth control doesn’t give the child the chance
to see the beauty of our shared world.
Responding to that, contraceptives do not deny child’s right to live
because there is no child during the release of sperm. Human body is not a magical thing that during
male’s ejaculation is a form of fluids and the literal life will suddenly exist
once the sperm and egg meet. However
looking the sperm in a microscope, the micro-organism can be seen moving which proves
it’s alive, and anything that moves has life or alive. Outs here, it is said that the signs of life
are growth and breath, no living thing has life if doesn’t grow and breathe.
Religions
play significant role here, it really depends on your belief if what flock of
religion you belong. But then, even
among ourselves in one religion has our notion of our belief. The difficult part in ourselves is that we
should know exactly when to take the words in our scriptures metaphorically and
literally. For some, it’s difficult to
understand theoretically or figuratively if there is really life in every sperm
released. But for conservative followers who religiously follow their church’s
Head, they entrust the decision for them.
When it is said “be fruitful, go forth and multiply”, do we need to take
this literally? But it did not state how
much and up to what extent we need to multiply. Following to that line, if in
one religion is acceptable to use calendar method in planning the family, then
is it the same as the male is just killing the lives on his sperm because he is
releasing his sperm knowing they will not meet any egg cell until they
die? If every sperm cell has life on it,
would it mean that male masturbation is a form of massive abortion?
Other
point says that there is no need for birth control since sex should only take
place between two married couple which holds on their very purpose of
multiplying. This statement immediately
junks the immorality of pre-marital sex, extra-marital affair and
homosexuality. But then again, married
couples are not animals that perform sex for procreation only and instead should
be considered as way to express their love, passion and emotion. As married couples, they are just deserved
and entitled to illustrate the intimate feelings for each other. If poverty suffers the whole family, then
contraceptives take over to preserve the spouses’ expression of affection.
It
is seen that since ancient time until this date, sex is regarded as
procreation. And also it is seen that
many religions want procreation because they want to have more followers, this
is sort of a hidden way of multiplying their flock.But from the beginning up to
this day, the scriptures should not change as everything has reasons and was
written accordingly. In the end, it’s
really up to every individual how they interpret the scriptures. At any rate, it will depend on what is God’s
calling for His people to do or not to do.
But for our part, if how many children we can properly raise, afford to
support and take care of, then that’s how many children we should have.
By Alex V.
Villamayor
