But I do not wish to dispute Geyer's projections on overpopulation here. For, after all, the Catholic Church does not teach that couples must have as many children as they can. The Church teaches responsible parenthood. Natural methods, which do require loving communication between the spouses and mutual responsibility, nearly always result in happier, more stable marriages. Women who use NFP report that they are filled with love and admiration for their husbands who are able to abstain out of love for them, for their children, and for what is right.
Husbands report increased love and respect for their wives and their wives' fertility.
They do not treat their wives' fertility as something deficient about them in need of medical repair. I recommend that Geyer acquaint herself with the fullness of the Church's teaching on sexuality. No rape, no pedophilia, no divorce, no pornography, no adultery, no sexually transmitted diseases, no abortions, no walking wounded from the sexual revolution. The Church teaches that only those married to each other, only those prepared to care for the children who are natural consequences of their loving union, should engage in sexual intercourse. When they choose to limit their family size they should do so in a natural way, not in a way that is hostile to a woman's fertility and the babies that may come forth.