The majority of the Catholic laity did not accept it. Supported by dissident theologians, dissident priests and even a few dissident bishops, the laity ignored the teaching and continued to use contraception, especially the pill in ever increasing numbers. Whether or not some clergy accepted it, the vast majority of the clergy went silent on the subject. The price of silence is that large numbers in our congregations are practicing some form of artificial contraception. The pews are filled with people who have had vasectomies, tubal ligations and hysterectomies.
Women are on the pill and men use barrier methods.
These facts are independently proven by the very low fertility rates in every sector of society all the way up to the national level. The problem of low fertility rates extends internationally throughout the world. Fertility rates are declining in every country on the planet. The proof that humanity has gone completely off the track is now manifest in the world. We have stopped multiplying.