Church stance on contraception under pressure in face of Zika virus

Feb 7, 2016 by

By Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today:

The Catholic church in Latin America is under growing pressure to relax its ban on artificial contraception as fears grow over the outbreak of the Zika virus.

Apart from carrying occasional warnings from the World Health Organisation online, the Vatican has remained silent on the crisis threatening vast swathes of Latin America, where the Pope himself comes from.

The Church’s official view is that artificial birth control is not permitted under any circumstances, even to help prevent HIV infection.

As the Zika virus spreads and growing numbers of babies are being born with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads and brains, the Church has remained largely silent on contraception. Abortion also remains illegal, with few exceptions, in most countries in Latin America.

Where church leaders have spoken out, it has been to reaffirm the catechism teaching that contraception is intrinsically evil.

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Read also: Pro-abortion Group Uses Zika Virus to Pressure 2016 Frontrunners to Support Their Agenda, Townhall.com

 

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