Catholics for Free Choice (CFFC) president Jon O'Brien urged today the House of Representatives to support the targeted exemption for contraceptives from the restrictive Mexico City Policy:

"Access to contraception should be something that everybody who has an interest in reducing the need for abortion can agree on. Studies from all over the world show that Catholics use contraceptives at the same rate as do other women and support free access to contraceptive methods.

In the US, 97% of sexually active Catholics use a method of contraception that the bishops oppose, and two-thirds support the funding of international family planning programs. These types of figures are replicated internationally, especially among those who would benefit from the proposed change in policy.

In Colombia and Mexico, 91% of Catholics support access to contraception. In Bolivia, 91% of Catholics think that public health services should provide free access to contraception, a policy that has the support of 96% of Catholics in Colombia and Mexico.

Access to contraception not only helps women plan their families, it also saves lives, especially for those who need to avoid pregnancy for health reasons."

The Church doesn't care about any of those facts. They have the perfect solution for everything: don't have sex. It's so simple, isn't it? I don't understand why people goes about making things complicated, talking about contraception, family planning, avoiding pregnancy for health reasons and abortion. If you avoid sex, you won't have to worry about any of those things. Soo simple.

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