Salon.com features Kathryn Joyce's article on the Quiverfull movement, "All God's Children." The summary of the article reads, "The Quiverfull movement saddles women with a life of submission and near-constant pregnancies. One mother explains how she embraced the extreme Christian lifestyle -- and why she left."
The article explains:
Unlike TV's "Big Love" polygamists or traditionally large Catholic and Mormon families, the Quiverfull conviction does not follow from any official church doctrine. It's a cross-denominational movement among evangelical and fundamentalist Protestants who have adopted some Catholic arguments against contraception and who have spread their ideas through the booming conservative homeschooling community.
The article references the new blog No Longer Quivering, which describes women's experiences exiting the movement.
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