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Thread #159128   Message #3772953
Posted By: Greg F.
15-Feb-16 - 03:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Zika vs anti-abortion cults
Subject: RE: BS: Zika vs anti-abortion cults
Seems like contraception is a non-issue in Brazil.

You must have missed this, Joe:

Date: 14 Feb 16 - 09:54 AM

Catholic leaders warning against contraception
Bishops oppose birth control, abortion as ways to handle illness

By Laurie Goodstein, New York Times
Published 9:04 pm, Saturday, February 13, 2016

As the Zika virus spreads in Latin America, Catholic leaders are warning women against using contraceptives or having abortions, even as health officials in some countries are advising women not to get pregnant because of the risk of birth defects.

"Contraceptives are not a solution," said Bishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, the secretary general of the National Council of Bishops of Brazil, and an auxiliary bishop of Brasília, in an interview. "There is not a single change in the church's position."