See also Family; Marriage, Marry

Controlling the number of children born to a couple by limiting or preventing conception.

Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, Gen. 1: 28 (Moses 2: 28). Children are an heritage of the Lord, Ps. 127: 3-5. Lehi’s family were to raise up seed unto the Lord, 1 Ne. 7: 1. Marriage is ordained of God unto man, D&C 49: 15-17. The exalted will receive a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever, D&C 132: 19, 63.