The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY, 47-64, 2004

"Chapter 1: Disturbing Trends in the Health Care of Women, Children and Families"

Thomas W Hilgers

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  • Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Omaha, Nebraska. ROR
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Abstract

Escalating rates of contraceptive use, abortion, divorce, child abuse, teenage pregnancy, and out-of-wedlock births over the preceding four decades are documented as interconnected indicators of systemic failure in women's and family healthcare. Hilgers argues these trends reflect a prevailing medical culture that suppresses or bypasses reproductive function rather than supporting it, establishing the clinical and moral imperative for a restorative alternative.

Topics

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Hilgers, T. W. (2004). Chapter 1: Disturbing Trends in the Health Care of Women, Children and Families. *The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY*, 47-64.

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