Abortions were up 4% in England and Wales in 2006, especially among teenagers. What this suggests is that more women are using abortion as birth control since nearly one third of those who are having abortions have already had one before. The answer? Why, greater access to contraception, of course. That is the battle cry among so called “health professionals” and politicians everywhere. If only we would make contraception more readily available we wouldn’t have all of these unintended pregnancies and subsequent abortions.

Now, I don’t know about England, but here in America I don’t see how we can possibly make contraception more available than it already is! They’re in every Wal-Mart, drug and convenience store. Pop into any gas station bathroom and for a quarter you can take your pick from a wide variety of colors and flavors. Universities and even some elementary and high schools hand out free condoms to their students. Women cannot go to a doctor appointment without being hounded about getting on some form of birth control (some “family planning” clinics will even offer b/c for free). My middle sister went to her University health clinic for a head cold a few years ago and was asked about birth control. The following year she returned for antibiotics for a UTI. After informing them, again, that, no, she was not on birth control, stating her religious beliefs as the reason she was questioned at length about her period and the severity of her cramps and was scared into thinking that she could have some condition that would cause her to be sterile – but birth control could help. How much more available can we make it??

The question here is not, does contraception prevent abortion (to answer this question visit, No Room for Contraception), but rather, does contraception help create a culture of life? By using contraception a couple rejects the gift of life before it is given. So what happens when the birth control fails as it so often does? Interestingly this study doesn’t report how many of these abortions are the result of failed contraception – my guess is it’s pretty high.

In short, contraception = reject the child and does not perpetuate the culture of life. Besides, many types of birth control are themselves abortifacients.