The theological trickle-down effect has affected an enormous swath of Catholics. Whatever the correct statistic, at least a large majority of adult Catholics are using birth control. One of these, a female college student, writes, “Even though the official Catholic Church teaches against contraceptives, I do not feel immoral using them. They’ve allowed me to live my life without the fear of unwanted pregnancies or deadly diseases.”5 Here are encapsulated many of the ideologies of our time: a morality