Christian Ethics

[gkuffy]

Is Christian ethics subjective or objective?
As a case study. If a woman is prescribed birth control pills for menstral pain

 

[1ke]

Is Christian ethics subjective or objective?

God’s law is objective.

As a case study. If a woman is prescribed birth control pills for menstral pain

What’s your question?

 

[gkuffy]

As a followup
If a woman is about to get married but she is taking birth control pills for menstrual pain, will it be morally right for her to continue taking the pills?

 

[Newbie2]

“Christian Ethics” and “Moral Theology” are nearly interchangable terms.

There are objective, absolute moral norms, “generalisms” from which specifics are derived. For example, one cannot purposefully take an innocent human life.

 

[Newbie2]

As a followup
If a woman is about to get married but she is taking birth control pills for menstrual pain, will it be morally right for her to continue taking the pills?

Depends on the effects of the BC medication. Presumably, BC for menstrual pain would regulate the menstrual cycle. However, at some point, most “rotations” allow for menstruation, which, seems to be what the hypothetical woman in the is seeking to avoid.

Need more information here.

If there is intractable pain which is not amenable to other types of medications, and the BC pills are used strictly to control the condition that causes this type of pain, then such use may be permissible.

However, one must remember that sexual acts are to be left open to procreation. If this is merely inconvenient to do, then there may be a moral problem here. And the intent must be pure; morally speaking, it cannot be a case of “well, I’m in some pain here, this is the easiest way out, and just between you and me, I’ll take advantage and use this as an excuse to use Artificial Birth Control”.

 

[uxordepp]

This particular situation might fall under “double effect”.

It is (presumably) not the intent of the woman taking the Pill to prevent pregnancy, but to alleviate a medical problem.

The use of the Pill to alleviate a medical problem may not be wise for other reasons, but if she is not using it with the intent to prevent pregnancy, it could be considered morally neutral.

This would be something like a pregnant woman with a diseased uterus consenting to surgery which would correct her medical problem but would certainly cause the death of her unborn child.

If the woman considering the “medical” use of the Pill is sexually active, she should be aware that the “medicine” may, in helping her medical condition, also be preventing a life from coming to be, or may in fact be causing an early abortion.

If this is an indirect way of asking about a specific case, I would suggest the woman considering taking the Pill investigate NaPro Technology, which may help her problem without compromising her Catholic beliefs.

 

[PAboy57]

As a followup
If a woman is about to get married but she is taking birth control pills for menstrual pain, will it be morally right for her to continue taking the pills?

you might really want to discuss this with your priest. sounds like he will need to ask you some questions to get to the answer.

 

[PennyinCanada]

I was in this situation and I went off the pill and looked at other methods of managing pain. It’s a very easy solution for a doctor to prescribe the pill for pain, and ladies are often happy with the results. You can go to the doctor and ask for a different way of treating pain and he’ll come up with something.