The Mormons also have an anti-birth control policy, though this is a smaller church, and thus a smaller problem than the Catholics.

www.lds-mormon.com/birth.shtml

The United States has only a very modest birth rate (14 per thousand population). We rank 150 on the list of nations. Unfortunately for us, the countries of Latin America rank much higher, and we tend to get the surplus.

www.photius.com/rankings/p...2008_0.html

This is not mainly a religious problem, more of poverty and social conditions. Notice that Italy, Spain and France all have lower birthrates than the U.S., though these are Catholic countries.

Some countries, such as China and India, which were once considered hopeless, have managed to reduce their birthrates significantly in recent years.

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Yah I know. The policies of the catholic church take a weird twisted perverse turn in places where famine and drought are common. The result is more babies that live so the population density will cause the ecology to crash and bring about massive starvation and plague.

There's nothing sensible about teaching borderline populations how to have more children that live.

The world is jam packed full of unintended consequences.

Cconcerning abortion in cases of rape and incest:

"Many question why the Church won't make specific exceptions for abortion when unborn children are conceived in rape or incest, or are disabled. They also feel that the Church is being unduly hard when it makes no exceptions for situations in which a mother will have her mental or physical health taxed as a result of carrying a baby to term and/or rearing the child. But consider the implications of making such exceptions. It would send them the message that people's value depends upon their physical condition, the circumstances of their conception or others' perception of them."

And, from Catholic Answers:

"An unborn child is an innocent human, regardless of the circumstances of his conception. Though tragic, the crimes of rape or incest are only exacerbated, and the woman's torments are only intensified, by the additional sin of abortion. Since... the unborn is human, regardless of the "caliber" of his pre-born life, no alleged deficiency in his "quality" of life can justify the taking of that life.

The same applies to the so-called "either/or" dilemma: The mother's life is supposedly in danger, and there is a chance she might die; to ensure her safety, it is said, it is necessary to kill the child. Yet one is never justified in doing evil that good may come of it (Rom. 3:8). What is at issue here is homicidal intent.

www.lifeisaprayer.com/article...-of-rape