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Human Reproduction, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 969-976, 1993
© 1993 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Family planning: cultural and religious perspectives

Joseph G. Schenker1 and Vicki Rabenou

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem, Israel

Correspondence: 1To whom correspondence should be addressed

The world population explosion has caused political leaders to look upon national and regional birth control projects as vital. Support for regulation of individual fertility has been evident in all cultures, and at all times, even in those societies in which social and religious rules have favoured the abundant production of children. As the secularization of Western society and scientific enquiry gained momentum during the modern period, knowledge of reproduction increased and was applied to control human population growth. The various methods of contraception and their development through the years from the ancient ideas to the modern era are presented. Each approach to fertility control has its advantages and disadvantages. No one method is perfect for everyone, for every clinical setting, and in every culture. Higher levels of fertility have been associated with ‘traditional’, religious prohibitions on some forms of birth control, ‘traditional’ values about the importance of children and the priority of family, and ‘traditional’ family and gender roles reinforced by religion. The attitude of the main religious groups to contraceptive practice is discussed.

Key words: contraception/family planning/population growth/religious attitude to contraception/traditional methods of contraception


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