anticontraception
Against preventing pregnancy
Anticontraception describes opposition to contraceptives or birth control methods.
The term appears in discussions of religious doctrine, reproductive rights debates, and policy analysis: The senator's anticontraception stance alienated moderate voters.
As a noun, anticontraception refers to the movement or position itself: Anticontraception has deep roots in Catholic teaching.
of the pontiff
- VaticanPapal city-state
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
dogma · theology · sin · abstinence · chastity · purity · commandment · sacrament
Capacity for reproduction
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
- fecundityReproductive capacity
- childbearingGiving birth to young
demographic · posterity · descendants · offspring · lineage · heritage · legacy · continuity
Official enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
protest · activism · referendum · mandate · regulation · restriction · prohibition · conservative
Prolonged public disagreement
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
rhetoric · persuasion · discourse · polemic · talking-point · framing · opposition · viewpoint
Moral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
right-to-life · pro-life · personhood · sanctity · consequentialism · deontology · normative · doctrine
papal
of the pontiff
- VaticanPapal city-state
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
doctrine · dogma · theology · sin · abstinence · chastity · purity · commandment · sacrament · clergy
fertility
Capacity for reproduction
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
- fecundityReproductive capacity
childbearing · demographic · posterity · descendants · offspring · lineage · heritage · legacy · continuity · motherhood
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
campaign · protest · activism · referendum · mandate · regulation · restriction · prohibition · conservative · Republican
controversy
Prolonged public disagreement
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
argumentation · rhetoric · persuasion · discourse · polemic · talking-point · framing · opposition · viewpoint · counterargument
bioethics
Moral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- consentVoluntary agreement given
dilemma · right-to-life · pro-life · personhood · sanctity · consequentialism · deontology · normative · doctrine · liberty
anticontraceptionpro-choice
Supporting legal abortion access
reproductive freedom · bodily autonomy · reproductive rights · reproductive justice · sexual liberation
anti, contra, conception, contraception, conceive, concept, concepts, conceptual, conceptually