Controversy and contraceptives were recorded together in some of man's earliest writings. In Genesis it is written that when a man spilled his seed on the ground, the Lord became troubled and killed that man. “And it came to pass, when he was joined to his brother's wife, that he poured it out on the ground, that he might not give offspring to his brother. And what he did displeased the Lord: therefore he also killed him (Genesis 38:9-10).” Many have used this scripture as a reason to be against birth control, but over time there have been particular groups of people and parties that have taken up the issue of birth control and used it as a way to divide people . Two groups in particular have very opposing opinions on the issue of contraceptive use: conservatives and feminists. While feminists believe that women should have control over the use of birth control and that it should be available to all, contemporary conservatives are against contraceptives because they believe that contraceptives create moral degradation and that the use of birth control is contrary to God's will and that the government is violating religious freedom rights by requiring women to have access to birth control. Conservatives' opinions on contraceptive uses vary, the type of contraception conservatives choose to boycott depends on their religious beliefs. Followers of the Vatican strongly oppose any type of birth control. . Ironically, the man responsible for improving the birth control pill, which many use today, was Catholic. Dr. John Rock called himself a social conservative, and early in his medical career he began to change his mind about the use of birth control. Dr. Rock began advocating for contraception within the confines of marriage… half of paper… inter_1118.shtml (accessed May 29, 2012). Hartline, Dave. The American Catholic: In the Birth Control Controversy; The derision of conservative religious women by militant secularists will soon backfire. February 19, 2012. http://the-american-catholic.com/2012/02/19/the-mocking-of-conservative-religious-women-by-militant-secularists-will-soon-backfire/ (accessed May 29, 2012).Holman, D.S. Common Sense Conservative Opinions: Are American Women Stupid? March 4, 2012. www.dsholman.com/conservative-politics/are-women-stupid/ (accessed May 3, 2012).MacKinnon, Catherine A. Toward a Feminist Theory of the State. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.NOW. NOW and right to abortion? Reproductive justice. 2011. www.now.org/issues/abortion/ (accessed May 28, 2012).Schrieber, Ronnee. Proper Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics. Oxford: University Press, 2008.