The scientists who dissented from Humanae Vitae

In the months following the promulgation of Humanae vitae, three biologists attempted to spearhead “a massive and unambiguous expression of scientific opinion” against it.

Sharon Kabel is a librarian, an independent researcher, and a Catholic.

She recently completed a project researching the signatories to the 1968 Scientists’ Statement on Birth Control Encyclical, which rejected the teachings contained in Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae.

Kabel examined the history of the statement and catalogued the 3,097 signature…