In today’s society, there are those who promote the culture of death with their words and deeds. No respect for life. No respect for the sanctity and dignity of life. However, there are others who are willing to take a stand and promote the culture of life to counter the disordered, unnatural moral order. Back in Pope Paul VI’s papacy, many dissented on various moral issues. One of them was sterilization. At that time, eugenic programs existed in the United States as a means for population control and combating poverty. Before going into the context of the Church’s clear, unequivocal stance on direct sterilization, the two means- vasectomies for males and tubal ligations for females- are direct sterilization procedures.