A detail from an illuminated manuscript depicting a medieval monk seducing a nun, who becomes pregnant and has an illegitimate baby. She then disposes of the baby in the privy (toilet). From the Miracles de Notre Dame, 71 A 24, now housed at the Royal Library of the Netherlands.
The good news is in the modern world, Catholics generally ignore birth control given by men wearing dresses. The lowest fertility rates in the world are in Catholic countries like Italy, where both contraception and abortion are not only legal, they are paid for by the state.
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