For pro-plan supporters, responsibility in intimacy is a given. If you favor abstinence or the pill, the goal is not to judge, but to support responsible behavior, eliminate the taboos on contraception that plague our society, and make abortion the rare incidence. The message is clear. Or is it?

Ross Douthat, Columnist for The New York Times, penned “More Imperfect Unions” on January 25^th, an editorial about the roots of marriage’s decline, implicating more or less the roles of contraception and abortion. Slate’s William Saletan countered on January 27^th with “The Case Against Reproductive Freedom.” On January 29^th Wall Street Journalist James Taranto added his two cents with “Party Like It’s 1959.” The fury prompted Ross to address their objections on February 20^th with “Contraception in the Shadow of Abortion.”

This is all interesting and provocative lecture on how contraception and abortion are potentially intertwined and have possibly changed behavior and the institute of marriage.

We would like to point out, however, that abortion dates back to ancient times. For one, legalization has definitely made it more safe. Is a responsible couple’s desire to explore each other intimately and plan pregnancies not just as ancient?