Pro-Life Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• When a person is low in progesterone during the end of the cycle, why do we only supplement with progesterone through peak plus 12?
• A family member has high blood pressure during pregnancy and low blood pressure during delivery. Is she likely to be at risk again in future? How can she prevent that?
• How effective are Natural Family Planning apps? Would you recommend them to someone who doesn’t have access to an NFP instructor? 
• I heard there was a pill the Catholic Church approved of that a woman could take if she was raped and knew she could never get pregnant. Is this true?
• How do you argue against someone who is for abortion in the case of incest?
• Are there other treatments for vaginal hemorrhages other than topical progesterone?
• My wife and I are 19 weeks pregnant. What is the Church’s teaching about epidurals? Are there health risks to my wife or baby?
• I’m a pharmacist, and I dispense birth control and morning after pill. Previously this didn’t bother me, but now I am uncomfortable with it. What is the Church’s stance on my situation?
• Which method for NFP is more effective, Creighton or Symptothermal?
• How can we say “a child deserves to be born into a normal healthy family” when the origin of their conception was not in a normal family?
• What is a cryptic pregnancy? Can this kind of baby develop and be delivered healthily or will they have birth defects?