The classical definition of the word “contraception” comes from the Latin (contra = opposed to, and concepto = conceive). This definition was generally accepted by the medical profession until the beginning of large-scale development of many different abortifacients in the late 1960s. At about that time, pro-abortion and population control groups intentionally began to blur the line between contraceptives, which prevent the union of sperm and egg, and abortifacients — which end the life of the early developing human being after the sperm and egg have been united.
Today, all medical dictionaries now simply lump contraceptives and abortifacients together into a single category. For example, Miller and Keane’s Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health (3rd Edition, 1983) defines “contraception” as “prevention of conception or impregnation” and lists among various methods of “contraception” oral contraceptive pills and intrauterine devices, which are both actually abortifacients. This kind of semantic sloppiness always works to the advantage of the pro-abortionists.
The only true contraceptives are surgical sterilization and the barrier methods, which include the male and female condom, diaphragm, vaginal sponge, cervical cap and spermicidal foams, gels, creams, and suppositories.
