Topic: Guttmacher Institute

Most Catholic women in U.S. use birth control

BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Some 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women in the United States have used contraceptive methods banned by the church, research published on Wednesday showed.A new report from the Guttmacher Institute, the nonprofit sexual health research organization, shows ...

Most Catholic women use birth control banned by church

BOSTON (Reuters) - Some 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women have used contraceptive methods banned by the church, research published on Wednesday showed.A new report from the Guttmacher Institute, the nonprofit sexual health research organization, shows that only 2 percent of ...

Recession giving U.S. women pause about motherhood

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Worries about the economy have led many American women to think twice about having a baby, a survey released on Wednesday found, with nearly half of those surveyed saying they want to delay pregnancy or limit the number of ...
An unplanned pregnancy is always the possibility whenever there is the opportunity for a sperm and egg to meet. For nearly a quarter century, the division in politics concerning abortion has basically hindered meaningful discussion of family planning programs and policy in ...
Pope Tells Pharmacists to Avoid Filling Prescriptions for 'Immoral Purposes'Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholic pharmacists on Monday to use conscientious objection to avoid dispensing drugs with "immoral purposes such as, for example, abortion or euthanasia."In a speech to participants at the 25th ...