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Roman Catholic views on family planning

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<ul><li>Extracts from journals/newspapers etc.</li>
<li>Press releases from Catholics for a Free Choice</li>
<li>Leaflets ("The Facts Tell the Story: Catholics and Contraception", "Catholics and Family Planning")</li>
<li>Open letters between Pope John Paul II and Dr. Fred Sai, President of the International Planned Parenthood Federation</li>
<li>"The scientific basis of the infertile period" Catholic Marriage Advisory Council booklet</li>
<li>"The Transmission of Life: An explanation of the encyclical "Humanae vitae"", "Sex, the Gospel and the Church", "Let Me Live" Catholic Truth Society booklets</li>
<li>"Abortion and the Right to Live" booklet</li>
<li>"Some Information Regarding Roman Catholic Fertility and Family Planning From Studies In Family Planning October 1968"</li>
<li>"Contraception and Slavery - An Analogy? A Study in the Development of Catholic Doctrine" paper by the Rev. John Francis Maxwell</li></ul>

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Roman Catholic views on family planning

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