Articles on this issue "contraception"
Here is a translation of the "Press Note on AIDS and Condoms," published by the Information Office of the Spanish episcopal conference. The note clarifies certain newspaper interpretations of …
read moreEven as governments and family planning groups continue to push contraceptives, new evidence is coming forward on their dangerous side effects. In England, the minister for children, Margaret …
read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court refused to disturb a ruling that forces some California religious organizations to pay for workers' contraceptive health insurance benefits. Justices today turned down …
read moreThe Peruvian bishops' conference has published a scientific report on the abortifacient effect of the "morning-after" pill. The report was prepared by the bishops' Bioethics Commission and …
read moreThe Peruvian bishops' conference is promoting a national debate on "the dangers for human life" of the morning-after pill. The episcopate's president, Bishop José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins of …
read moreThe Catholic Church has long been criticized for opposing condom promotion as part of AIDS prevention programs and "safe sex" campaigns. Yet opposition to condoms does not mean the Church does …
read moreThe "morning after" pill represents an attack on human life and violates principles of the Chilean Constitution, say members of the bishops' National Bioethics Commission. The commission last …
read moreA school of medicine believes that the Community of Sant'Egidio's program to combat AIDS in Africa is the best in the world scientifically. In recognition of that distinction, the University …
read moreIn an unprecedented decision that could affect hundreds of Catholic institutions, the California Supreme Court recently ruled that Catholic Charities must include contraceptive coverage in its …
read moreA Christian group criticized the California Supreme Court's ruling that says a Catholic charity must offer birth-control coverage to its employees even though the Church considers …
read moreA debate over the "morning-after pill" has become a debate over the Church's authority and its ability to manifest its doctrine publicly, says a figure in the Archdiocese of Mexico. Legionary …
read moreThe Food and Drug Administration commissioner's verdict on the newest "morning-after pill," a substance strongly opposed by the U.S. bishops' conference, is expected in the next few months. …
read moreThe U.S. bishops' conference is opposing a federal panel's approval to make a "morning after pill" available without a prescription. "A drug which destroys human embryos and puts women at …
read moreThe U.S. bishops' conference has urged the federal Food and Drug Administration to reject a proposal to switch the status of "morning-after" pills from prescription to over-the-counter. The …
read moreIn this interview on Vatican Radio, Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, emphasized the ineffectiveness of the condom as a contraceptive and in …
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