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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Preventing pregnancy using methods such as condoms, hormonal pills or contraceptive devices rather than relying on identifying fertile times.
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Paper 2
Revise: Contrasting Beliefs on ContraceptionArtificial contraception includes methods such as condoms and the contraceptive pill. Sterilisation is intended to prevent reproduction permanently.
The use of manufactured devices or medicines, such as condoms or the contraceptive pill, to prevent pregnancy.
Explain the link between a teaching and a view: for example, openness to new life explains Catholic opposition to artificial contraception.
Distinguish opposition to artificial contraception from opposition to family planning: Catholic teaching permits natural family planning.
Distinguish disagreement about family planning from disagreement about its methods: someone may support planning births but reject artificial contraception.
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