Views on birth control in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Views on birth control in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have changed over the course of the church's history. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) have gone from historically condemning the use of any birth control as sinful, to allowing it in the present day. LDS leaders regularly spoke out against birth control into the 1970s, and gradually in the 1980s and 1990s, leaders stopped overtly teaching against it.
The church currently opposes elective abortions and discourages surgical sterilization. The church-owned insurance company which insures church employees did not provide coverage for any form of birth control until 2023, and continues to deny coverage for surgical sterilization except in certain circumstances.