This clearly is not in line with reason. This glance at the etymology of abortion and contraception is perhaps unenlightening on the surface, but it does give us some insight into the subtle efforts by some to move away from these words. Birth Control Birth control , for example, is a much more positive sounding term than contraception . It eliminates the opposition implied in contra and replaces it with control . It is intended to show responsibility.
Control is something usually thought of as positive.
Yet, even using the term birth control signals one aspect of the device that is immoral. The Church teaches that God plays a role in reproduction. Birth control is an artificial device that attempts to eliminate God from reproduction. It gives control to humans without respect to the divine role in reproduction. Sometimes words impart more knowledge than is desired by the speaker.