Church’s concern for the unborn not genuine

Betty Caplan makes good points (DN, August 3). I have often suspected that the Church’s concern for the unborn arises from a fear that if we (the population) do not reproduce at some desired rate, church membership and attendance could be severely affected.

The Catholic Church in Europe, for instance, is having big problems getting new priests. Human progress has always had a negative impact on religion.

It is thus no surprise that the clergy would oppose the idea of women taking charge of their reproductive health. Ironically, many rural women share the ideas of the Church.

JOHN B. MUINDI, Nairobi