Speaking up for Natural Family Planning: despite poor 'marketing,' church got it right with holistic birth control.(Viewpoint) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: February 13, 2004| Author: Ternier, Jim; Ternier-Gommers, Marie-Louise | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

G.K. Chesterton once said, "Christianity has not been tried and round wanting; it has been found difficult and hot tried." We venture to paraphrase this with regard to Natural Family Planning: NFP has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. Twenty-four years of married life parallels our years of being NFP users and teachers. We are committed to farming without chemicals, so it was logical to choose a family planning method without chemicals. Ou...