ABSTRACT
When people have already made a decision not to be abstinent and not to be faithful and to engage in sex that puts them or their partners at high risk of infection or of an unplanned pregnancy, and they are aware of the risks and concerns, even Jack Mulder can agree that at that point it does little good to rail against contraception. One would be right to point out that this is hardly a robust agreement between Mulder and Bertha Alvarez Manninen on contraception. Mulder has more nuanced views as to the morality of contraception that Manninen does not share. If greater emphasis were laid upon abstinence and being faithful to one's sexual partner, and if the culture and forms of entertainment helped people imagine this future better, perhaps there could be more meaningful discussion about what we as a society hope for and worry about when it comes to contraception.
