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infecund

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infecund [ɪnˈfiːkənd]
adj
a less common word for infertile
infecundity  [ˌɪnfɪˈkʌndɪtɪ] n


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Paul VI stated in Humanae vitae that "If, then, there are serious motives to space out births, which derive from the physical or psychological conditions of husband and wife, or from external conditions, the Church teaches that it is then licit to take into account the natural rhythms immanent in the generative functions, for the use of marriage in the infecund periods only, and in this way to regulate births without offending the moral principles which have been recalled earlier.
The Church teaches "that it is licit to take into account the natural rhythm immanent in the generative functions--the Church is coherent with herself when She considers recourse to the infecund periods to be licit while at the same time condemning, as being always illicit, the use of means directly contrary to fecundation" (Humanae vitae, n.
 
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