“...In other words, the answer isn’t birth control, it’s self control. This is the true freedom...”
I’ve heard a Priest asked: Isn’t the celibacy, the self-denial, the life of poverty - isn’t it difficult?
The answer, which blew me away: No, its all for my own benefit, and in my own self-interest!
The priest was indeed, giving himself, wholly to God, in the Sacrament of Holy Orders. His answer doesn’t surprise me at all.