Morality: May 2005 Archives

Here is a lengthy but excellent article from Crisis Magazine editor Brian Saint-Paul on the current push to get the Church to allow condom use in Africa. You know how we're being browbeaten and shamed into going along with the premise that we're allowing lives to be lost because of our teaching on contraception. As it turns out, it isn't true: Condoms aren't stopping AIDS in Africa. This article is a must-read.

Estrogen is poisoning our waterways, thanks to the ubiquity of birth control pills, wreaking havoc on ecosystems. Let's take bets on whether environmentalists care.