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:Some FA users use spermicide, some use withdrawal, and some actually use abstinence (whether because it's more effective, or because the psychological difficulty of going back-and-forth between "barrier" and "no barrier" sex makes abstaining easier for that couple). Some have [[anal sex]], or [[non-penetrative sex]]. I believe it's self-evident that including ''all'' of these articles and categories in a fertility awareness category is nonsensical. By extension, it does not make sense to include ''any'' of them. Users of FA may use another method ''in addition to'' FA - this does not make those other methods ''part of'' FA anymore than the existence of spermicidally lubricated condoms means spermicide should be placed in [[:Category:Condom]]. [[User:Lyrl|Lyrl]] <sup> [[User talk:Lyrl|Talk]] </sup> <sub> [[Special:Contributions/Lyrl|C]] </sub> 18:25, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
::If "fertility awareness" is to be understood as "a method of estimating or detecting a woman's fertile periods," then I see no logical reason for separating observational/fertility-detection methods into two different categories based on whether they are approved by a particular religious institution or not. Fasting is a practice that is endorsed by a number of religious institutions, but, having only articles related to religion sorted into [[:Category:Fasting]] would be to overlook the fact that fasting is also practiced for medical reasons, [[http://www.fitnatherapy.co.uk|weight loss]], and political demonstration. I do not see non-affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church as preventing people from choosing to use NFP methods for other reasons. I do not think that Wikipedia should take the side that the pratice of these methods is exclusively faith-based.
::"Natural family planning" is essentially synonymous with "behavioral methods of birth control." Any method that does not involve man-made devices or artificial intervention of some form, like hormonal contraception, IUDs, or condoms, must therefore be a behavioral (or "natural") method. Therefore it doesn't make sense to have two redundantly-titled categories with completely different articles sorted into them.
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