The article is the true story of one couples struggle with contraception. Ruth tells how contraception, followed by sterilization, filled their marriage with bitter self-centeredness. Later, through repentance and conversion, they found renewed hope and joy.
Three old friends, middle-aged mothers all, are having lunch together. Nancy is a Methodist minister; the other, Mary Ann, is Catholic and a pro-life executive; the third is myself, a convert to Catholicism and freelance writer. The subject of contraception comes up. “Why can’t you Catholics just do it the sensible way,” says Nancy in …
