Furthermore, as the Magesterium of the Church has taught repeatedly, direct sterilization of the male or female, whether permanent or temporary, is equally to be condemned. Chaput's comments are part of a papal encyclical in which he reviewed several points made by Pope Paul VI in the encyclical that reaffirmed the Catholic Church's rejection of birth control. He predicted that the widespread acceptance and use of contraception would have dire effects on future society. Pope Paul warned that contraception would mislead human beings into thinking they had unlimited domain over their own bodies, relentlessly turning the human person into the object of his or her own intrusive power. Current divorce rates are higher than they have ever been with one of every two marriages ending in divorce.
Sex is no longer a powerful sign of love between a husband and wife.
It is the subject of talk shows, soap operas and sit-coms. Furthermore, there is a general feeling in American society that sex is a right to be practiced , rather than a sanctifying union between a woman and man joined in marriage. As Chaput points out, mandatory contraception policies are often included in any discussion regarding foreign aid. China stands as the most graphic example of this prediction of Pope Paul's. The country has a mandatory one-child limit, enforced by contraception and abortion.