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Church versus state: family planning in Colombia, 1966-1972.

A situation of open conflict between religious elites and civil authorities in Colombia developed over acceptable methods of population control since Colombias adoption of a National Front political arrangement in 1957. The controversy was prolonged and escalated into public confrontation. The Roman Catholic Church has a powerful hold over national life but its power has been steadily declining in modern Colombia. The governments decision to increase secular regulation of family life produced a parallel loss in the Catholic Churchs control over this policy area; the hierarchys defeat on the family planning issue came only after a slow grudging battle lasting 6 years. From 1966-72 clerical opposition effectively postponed or blunted governmental efforts on behalf of birth control. The church was eventually unable to stem the rapid proliferation of family planning agencies. The potential implications of the conflict were too crucial to permit resolution through any type of semantic compromise. Any increase in governmental regulation of family life produced a complementary decrease in the authority of the church. Alienation of the church meant loss of supporters for the government which needs political stability in order to survive the return to an open electoral system.