Resolutions Formulated at the 1985 NFCPG Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii
Whereas there is a nationwide movement to promote and provide contraception and, implicitly, abortion referral , in the public schools under the guise of medical services for school children, and Whereas these programs falsely assume that uncontrolled sexual activity, even among immature, children is a natural right and inevitable, and, in so doing , unwittingly encourage sexual activity among students who might otherwise refrain, thus accelerating the breakdown of family life and social morality, and Whereas, contrary to the claims of birth control promoters, experience shows that the increased use of contraception leads to more sexual activity, more sexually transmitted diseases, more pregnancies , and more abortions , and Whereas, these programs subject children to the well-known hazards and the immediate and long-term detrimental effects of modern contraceptives, Therefore, be it resolved, that the National Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds urges national, state and local school authorities to protect school children from being turned into a captive audience to be exploited by outside interest groups who are more concerned with social engineering than the health and welfare of the individual student.