What should a Couple do if they have a good reason to avoid having a Child?

A married couple can engage in marital intimacy during the naturally infertile times in a woman’s cycle, or after child-bearing years, without violating the meaning of marital intercourse in any way. This is the principle behind natural family planning (NFP).

Natural methods of family planning involve fertility education that enables couples to cooperate with the body as God designed it.

 

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Text taken from USCCB/NFP Program website. http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/natural-family-planning/catholic-teaching/upload/Married-Love-and-the-Gift-of-Life-New-USCCB-Website.pdf or http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/natural-family-planning/catholic-teaching/

Used with permission.

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