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  2. Christian views on birth control - Wikipedia

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    The Catechism of the Catholic Church specifies that all sex acts must be both unitive and procreative. [8] In addition to condemning use of artificial birth control as intrinsically evil, [9] non-procreative sex acts such as mutual masturbation and anal sex are ruled out as ways to avoid pregnancy. [10]

  3. Religion and birth control - Wikipedia

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    Regardless of the Church's ideas about contraception, 99% of Catholics have used some type of contraception. About one quarter of Catholics use sterilization, 25% use hormonal birth control methods such as birth control pills and 15% have used a long-acting reversible form of birth control such as the IUD. [30]

  4. Abortion and the Catholic Church in the United States

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    Following the 1968 publication of Humanae Vitae, an encyclical by Pope Paul VI that expressly forbade abortion and most methods of birth control [9] and that sowed controversy within the church over its restatement of the prohibition on birth control, [10] Catholic bishops in the United States started to stress anti-abortion views as a central facet of Catholic identity and preached against ...

  5. Catholic Church and abortion - Wikipedia

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    It is widely believed that the Catholic Church in Poland is the main source of opposition to the liberalization of abortion laws and the reintroduction of sex education in Polish schools in accordance with European standards. However, research studies have shown that Polish Catholics have a wide range of views on sex and marriage.

  6. Catholic theology of sexuality - Wikipedia

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    In Christianity, and in the Catholic Church in particular, opinion was divided on how serious abortion was in comparison with such acts as contraception, oral sex, and sex in marriage for pleasure rather than procreation; [75]: 155–167 and the Catholic Church did not begin vigorously opposing abortion until the 19th century. [76]

  7. Sex and gender roles in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church teaches that human life and human sexuality are inseparable. [62] Because Catholics believe that God created human beings in his own image and likeness and that he found everything he created to be "very good", [63] the Church teaches that the human body and sex must likewise be good. The Church considers the expression of ...

  8. Opinion - Make contraception, IVF available to families - AOL

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    And we believe all fellow Americans who want to, should be able to share in that most fulfilling of human experiences and build their families — in whatever ways are best for them. Becoming ...

  9. Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church, with over 117,000 health centers, is the largest private provider of HIV/AIDS care. [47] While not allowing the use of condoms, [ 48 ] Catholic Church-related organizations provide more than 25% of all HIV treatment, care, and support throughout the world, [ 49 ] [ 47 ] [ 50 ] with 12% coming from Catholic Church ...