Next in our series, Fifty Years on the Pill, this article on the ideology of contraception. I call that ideology, “condomism:”
The twentieth century witnessed so much blood-shed in the name of ideology, you might think people would be ready to give it a rest. But no, we have a new ideology whose adherents believe will usher in a new heaven on earth. If only everyone would finally get on board, if only its adherents had the right combination of money and power, if only its Neanderthal opponents would surrender their squeamish-ness, well this new ideology could solve the world’s problems: poverty, environmental degradation and human health. The name of this new ideology? I call it “condom-ism.”
Its adherents believe we could solve all these problems, if only we had enough condoms. I exaggerate, of course. They actually believe that human salvation will require all sorts of birth control including abortion, not just condoms.
This article originally appeared on www.mercatornet.com on November 24, 2006.
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