It should be clear that the casual comparison between homosexual couples and infertile heterosexual marriages is not only facile and foolish—it is hurtful, callously disregarding the lived experience of infertile couples.
In the light of the latest findings on safe sex belief and risk taking among teenagers, the 'Keep it safe, keep it sexy' approach is scientifically and morally indefensible.
If we are going to reclaim a proper understanding of natural marriage, then we must challenge and confront the ideology and environment in which our youth are being raised.
The 180-page encyclical is an often fascinating read on Christian care for creation, subsumed under emphatic passages on the dire risks of climate change.
Increased technology, medical knowledge, and social support allows traditionally marginalized women—teenagers, minorities, and those with unintended pregnancies—the choice to give birth.