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Marybeloved
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I don’t have a link but the 98% statistic refers to any Catholic female who has ever in their life-time used contraception. So adult Converts who do not currently use ABCs would still be factored into this statistic if they used it before conversion.Can anyone tell me where this “98%” stat comes from? I thought American Catholics were divided pretty evenly into two camps, conservative and liberal. If that’s true, it doesn’t make sense that 98 PERCENT of Catholic women use contraceptives to prevent conception…it would be abhorrent to faithful women to violate such a cardinal teaching.
I thought one problem with this stat is that it doesn’t take into account conservative Catholic women who take the pill to regulate their menstrual cramps (which is licit according to canon law as long as it is not intended to prevent conception and steps are taken to avoid sexual contact while on the pill), but NOT for contraceptive use.
Can anyone link me to the facts behind this stat?
And where does the 30% stat come from? People need to let the media know! I can’t stand that they keep recycling this “98 percent” stat, I’m sure it’s not true.