>>>Among Catholics of my generation this seems to be the biggest stumbling block to accepting church dogma. In their real lives they might not want a pregnancy at any given time. Also, to state the obvious, what are a bunch of celibate old white men doing telling them what to do with their bodies?
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>Mike, we're all sinners. ;-) and celibate old white men don't tell anybody what to do: religion is voluntary and people can go behind their priest's back or leave as they please. People who want to ask these sorts of questions need to consider why the claimed 98% are still Catholic if it's so out-of-step.

True to some extent - except these old white men you speak of brainwash people to the point where they can (and do) tell people what to do - which might also explain that 98%.