Birth control a mortal sin?

[childofmary1]

Hello!

I have a quick question-I hope this is the right spot.

Anyway, I recently went to the doctor for medical problems regarding my menstrual cycle. The doctor thought that the best treatment would be for me to start taking birth control. I reluctantly started. So for the past month I have been going back and forth feeling guilty.
Even though I’ve never been sexually active, and I’m not taking the BC to prevent pregnancy I can’t help but feel like I’m going against the church and my beliefs.
I didn’t know if I’m committing mortal sin by taking BC even though I’m not using it as a contraceptive? I feel like maybe I shouldn’t be receiving Holy Communion because of it.
Please help me out!

Thanks,

childofmary1

 

[st_lucy]

Hello!

I have a quick question-I hope this is the right spot.

Anyway, I recently went to the doctor for medical problems regarding my menstrual cycle. The doctor thought that the best treatment would be for me to start taking birth control. I reluctantly started. So for the past month I have been going back and forth feeling guilty.
Even though I’ve never been sexually active, and I’m not taking the BC to prevent pregnancy I can’t help but feel like I’m going against the church and my beliefs.
I didn’t know if I’m committing mortal sin by taking BC even though I’m not using it as a contraceptive? I feel like maybe I shouldn’t be receiving Holy Communion because of it.
Please help me out!

Thanks,

childofmary1

Hello Childofmary,

If you are not sexually active you can take BC for health issues. But… I personally would not take BC simply because of all the side effects. Blood clots, cancer and must importantly infertility. If I were you I would get a Dr who has studied NFP which can determine what is going on with your body without pumping it up full of drugs. The BC in opinion is used as a bandaid to cover up what really might be happening with your body.

 

[mercygate]

If this is the best treatment for your condition, then it is not a sin. You might wish to look into other options, if this bothers you.

If you were practicing NFP to avoid preganancy for serious reasons (medical, psycholological, financial), you might wish to abstain from your conjugal privileges during what would be your fertile time, although this i snot necessary.

Technically, NFP is “birth control.” Catholicky-Catholics refer to the pill and barrier methods as “contraceptives”. There is a not-so-subtle difference between birth control and contraception.

 

[WestonGrant]

Childofmary, from everything I’ve read its lousy advice to take the pill to help your situation.

You shuold call the Couple to Couple League. I have friends who used them and their great.

ccli.org/

I remember one of them talking about a center for people who have problems like yours too and people who can’t get pregnant for whatever reason. I think its the Paul VI center or something.

But to my understanding its not a sin to use it if your not having sex. But from what I’ve read its still not a great idea.

I’ll say a prayer for you.

 

[Andreas_Hofer]

The BC in opinion is used as a bandaid to cover up what really might be happening with your body.

I have to thoroughly second that warning. No, it’s not sinful to use such drugs for medical purposes, but they’re really only going to cover up the symptoms so the doctor doesn’t have to bother actually treating your condition. Sometimes using them masks more serious problems that could cause major health risks - or even infertility - (beyond the very serious side effects of the drugs themselves) in the future.