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by robotresearcher 2604 days ago
> Christianity provided social services that improved reproductive rates

Social services, and perhaps this might have some impact:

"In 1968, Pope Paul VI issued his landmark encyclical letter Humanae Vitae (Latin, “Human Life”), which reemphasized the Church’s constant teaching that it is always intrinsically wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence."

https://www.catholic.com/tract/birth-control