Talk:Jewish views on contraception

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Interfaith

I noticed that Orthodox Jewish views on contraception were often close to those taught by the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. I feel that these common views ought to made more clear, given that they could possibly lead to some useful interfaith collaboration. Another related issue is whether official Jewish views make any kind of distinction between contraception for Jews and contraception for Gentiles. ADM (talk) 21:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Misrepresentation of Modern Orthodox views

Currently, the last paragraph of the Orthodox section states: "Many Modern Orthodox authorities are inclined to permit contraception for a broad array of reasons, with some arguing that a couple may decide to delay procreation even without specific rabbinic permission." The writer even cited a source. However, said source is an article by an organization known as Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, which has become, um, highly controversial within the Orthodox community for its deviant halachic positions (this might surprise many non-Jews, but that's actually far more serious than any philosophical deviance that remains theoretical, short of outright heresy, which is pretty hard to do in Judaism as it requires denial of essential principles that define Judaism, like the existence and nature of God). Since organizations like the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), which does not accept YCT semichah (formal rabbinical ordination) as a membership qualification, Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations of America (generally known as the Orthodox Union or OU), and Agudath Israel of America, which together represent normative American Orthodox Judaism, have criticized these positions heavily, sometimes in a fire-and-brimstone tone, YCT is definitely not a representative source, to say the least, so said paragraph should either be deleted or moved to its own section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:6000:6020:7100:921:C48C:9110:5CE9 (talk) 23:30, 12 April 2018 (UTC)