Contraception goes against their religious beliefs and more importantly, their religious institutions.

When your religious institution says that the man is the ruler of the home, the woman does not have the right to choose whether or when to bear children. That worked before science. Now the cat is out of the bag. Not only is pregnancy not mandatory, neither are men.

Government used to help men keep control of their religious institutions and women. Not so much these days. Men will have to use charm and other witchcraft to win and keep a woman, because the fascist approach doesn’t work any more, unless you keep the little lady from learning how to read.