Janet Smith, fearless defender of Humanae Vitae Joan Frawley Desmond, NC Register Wednesday, May 2, 2018 As the Church prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae July 25, we need to remember the courage of moral theologian Janet Smith and her multifaceted role as a leading exponent of Paul VI’s encyclical in the English-speaking world. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.