98% of Catholic women use contraception a ‘damned lie’:

White House claim that 98% of Catholic women use contraception a ‘damned lie’: Lutheran author An oft-repeated claim from a White House official about the rate of contraceptive use among Catholics has …More
White House claim that 98% of Catholic women use contraception a ‘damned lie’: Lutheran author
An oft-repeated claim from a White House official about the rate of contraceptive use among Catholics has touched off a firestorm of controversy, with some contending that the statistic is not only irrelevant to the legitimacy of the HHS birth control mandate, but also grossly inaccurate.
Critics of the statistic point out that the study on which it is based was conducted by the research organization founded by Planned Parenthood, and that the study was explicitly designed to include only women who were most likely to use contraception – and excluded those most likely to follow Catholic teaching on the issue.
At issue is a statement posted on the White House blog earlier this month by Cecilia Munoz, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, defending the Health and Human Service mandate which requires employers to pay for contraception and abortion-inducing drugs on their employee’s …More
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This “Gloria.TV - News Brief” is absolutely superb! Please
do not forget to access Glenn Kessler’s fact check on the
“98% claim of Catholic women using contraceptives”. I like
Kessler's “Pinocchio Test”. Nancy Pelosi isn’t a well woman.
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“Data shows that 98 percent of sexually experienced
women of child-bearing age & who identify themselves
as Catholic …
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This “Gloria.TV - News Brief” is absolutely superb! Please
do not forget to access Glenn Kessler’s fact check on the
“98% claim of Catholic women using contraceptives”. I like
Kessler's “Pinocchio Test”. Nancy Pelosi isn’t a well woman.

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“Data shows that 98 percent of sexually experienced
women of child-bearing age & who identify themselves
as Catholic have used a method of contraception other
than natural family planning at some point in their lives.”


Rachel K Jones (Guttmacher Institute)