There are many traditions that exist in our society that are fun and games and others that reveal and define certain cultures and religions. These traditions are made up of beliefs and customs. Many of these beliefs and customs were started for particular reasons but now have lost their usefulness and have become outdated. The Roman Catholic beliefs against contraception's is a tradition that has become obsolete. Due to the fact most Roman Catholics don't practice the belief, and the world's population is at a high contraception's are out-dated and are actually a good thing.
             The Catholic belief is that artificial contraception such as condoms or ortho-tricyclene is wrong is founded on the basis of several reasons. It gives a bad message to people because they can be sexually free, which is an understandable reason coming from a form of Christianity; however, they also believe that abortion is the focal point of artificial contraception's. "Abortion is the fruit of contraception." Abortion is completely different than birth control. Are Roman Catholics proclaiming that using an artificial contraceptive is the same as having an abortion? If using a condom were considered a form of abortion, almost everyone in the world would have had an abortion. Using birth control prevents a female from being put in a position where there would be an opportunity to kill the fetus inside of her. They also think that the shot or the pill is a poison given to a woman for the purpose of sexual pleasure. "Spouses should realize that marital love is a participation in God's creative act and the babies are good, not burdens to be avoided at all costs; especially the cost of poisoning women with dangerous chemicals so they can be available for sexual pleasure." If this was a poison, than why aren't women dropping left and right? Why are there very few, if any, side affects for taking birth...