Human morality and law should therefore not be at odds with each other, but work together in order to promote the divine principle of life. According to the document, moral teaching enforces the internal human conscience, while government law enforces external behavior. These should then work together for the perpetuation of natural life.

Beyond the document, the Church has also issued declarations in terms of other issues relating to sexual conduct, conception and marriage. According to the church, and also mentioned briefly in the Abortion Declaration, sexual conduct should occur only within marriage, and with sufficient responsibility in order to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The Vatican is very strongly against abortion merely because the child is an "inconvenience" as a result of premarital or irresponsible sexual conduct. In this, the Church concedes that modern society is not in great favor of big families, as the case was in the past. The...
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