Deciding when and whether to have children is the most important decision individuals and couples make.  Catholics are ardent supporters of responsible parenthood, a concept promoted by even conservative Catholic leaders.  The debate within the church is not about whether to limit family size based on responsibility to care for and love children; it is about which methods to use.  In spite of official church opposition to most methods of family planning, Catholics throughout the world use modern methods of contraception and believe that using such methods is exactly what good Catholics should do.

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