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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The population problem in Indonesia: controlling its growth through family

planning and community health care development and an additional pastoral

clarification.

AUTHORS

Mariono A

SOURCE

In: Janssen, L.H., ed. Population problems and Catholic responsibility.

(Proceedings of the International Symposium on Population Problems in

Developing Countries and Worldwide Catholic Responsibility) Tilburg, The

Netherlands, Tilburg University Press, 1975. p. 35-48

ABSTRACT

The evolution of the policy of the Catholic Church toward limited participation in the Indonesian Government's Family

Planning Program and the Indonesian Community Health Care Development program is descirbed. In response to a

request from Catholic medical workers for clarifaction of the required degree of participation by Catholic hospitals

and clinics in the government's family planning program, the Indonesian ndonesian Catholic bishops held that

Catholic medical institutions may responsibly advise married couples desiring to avoid a new pregnancy to employ

methods other than total or periodic abstinence. However, they must always maintain that induced abortion and

permanent sterilization are strictly forbidden. It was also ruled by the bishops that if the methods used respect

human life (abortion and sterilization are impermissible), and if medical responsibility is upheld, Catholic couples

may use methods other than total or periodic sexual abstinence to prevent conception without feeling that they have

sinned. The endorsement and participation by Catholic health units in the government's community health

development program is discussed. A concluding section analyzed another statement of the Indonesian bishops

which seeks to further clarify related points of Catholic moral theology on the subject of birth control. An introductory

section provides a sketch of the characteristics of the Indonesian population, including mobility, rate of urbanization,

population distribution, and fertility and mortality levels. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3074-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The population problem in Indonesia: controlling its growth

through family planning and community health care development and an additional pastoral clarification.", is(are)

Mariono A. The source of this article is "In: Janssen, L.H., ed. Population problems and Catholic responsibility.

(Proceedings of the International Symposium on Population Problems in Developing Countries and Worldwide

Catholic Responsibility) Tilburg, The Netherlands, Tilburg University Press, 1975. p. 35-48". This article was

published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3074-06. All rights reserved with

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