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Treats fertility as a gift
Fosters increased communication
Encourages “SPICE” (Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Communicative, Emotional) concept of sexuality
Promotes marital bonding
Reports less than 5% divorce rate
Is effective to avoid and achieve pregnancy
Encourages the couple to revisit the decision to avoid or achieve pregnancy
Can change use of the method to avoid or achieve pregnancy at a moment’s notice
Is open to God’s will for life
Protects the love and life nature of marriage
Is healthy and brings awareness of the woman’s reproductive abnormalities for treatment
Treats fertility as a disease
Requires little/no communication
May retard “SPICE” growth
May promote feelings of being used
Reports greater than 50% divorce rate
Used only to avoid pregnancy
Assumes avoiding pregnancy
Requires discontinuing the method to achieve pregnancy
Is closed to beginning a new life
Interferes with love and life nature of marriage
May cause side effects requiring treatment
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