Do catholic doctors perscribe contraception?

Answer 1

doctors take an oath so they cant be biased whatever their religious beliefs

Answer 2

From a UK perspective, I think if someone had a problem with this they would not become a GP- loads of women go to their GP for contraception. It would be a huge waste of NHS time and money to have so many appointments where they have to say "Sorry I won't, you'll have to see someone else." I doubt if they'd even be able to keep their job- surely this means they are unable to do their job properly? A doctor in a hospital, perhaps they would occasionally encounter this dilemma but that would be much easier to sort out.

I don't think there is any place for religious prejudice in medicine. If you are a doctor you should be able to see past your own beliefs and do your job. If the NHS allows birth control then your own beliefs shouldn't factor in. Plenty of us work for companies that we may think are immoral from time to time, but we just have to get on with it.

There's a lot of cases in the Bible belt in America where doctors and pharmactists have a problem with emergency contraception, and women have a hard time getting their prescriptions filled. I really believe this is a misuse of power. I respect their belief system, I am not going to argue with it, but when it interferes with their ability to perform their job in accordance with the law, it's not acceptable.

Answer 3

They shouldn't do.

Catholic teaching on family planning is widely misunderstood. The Catholic Church does not teach that everyone should go out and have hundreds of children, it asks couples to descirn how many children God wants to give them, and to be generous in accepting that gift.

The Catholic Church recommends that couples use Natural Family Planning to regulate the size of their families. Modern methods of NFP are more effective than taking the pill, having jabs or using a condom and have none of the side effects. My monitoring her cycle a woman can easily determine when she is fertile and when she is not. Couple simply abstain from marital relationships during the fertile time if they do not feel able to have a child yet.

Using NFP also strengthens marriages as couple communicate more and review their crcumstances every month when they make the decision to try for a baby or not.

Just as the proper end of eating is to nourish the body, so the proper end of sexual intercourse is the procreation of life. Eating can be fun, pleasurable and enjoyable, but that is not why we eat. The same is true of the sexual relationship. This is why the Church discourages people from having sex before marriage.

Just incase you are thinking that no one does this anymore. My husband and I were married last year and we follow al the Curches teachings on these matters. As do all our Catholic friends.

For more information see the links below or read pope Paul VI's encyclical Humane Vitae.

Answer 4

As with all health care workers religious beliefs should not come in to it. They are paid to look after the patients welfare and without biais due to religious or anyother type of difference.

Answer 5

I think you mean Birthcontrol.

I would assume that it would be best to see another source for that particular medication.

However both my Irish docotor and myself were catholic and he gave them to me for my bad cycle issues, not really strong enough for just birthcontrol and he made that very clear to me and my father! Go figure!

Answer 6

yes.

... well, maybe others who won't prescibe them (i think only those of who think for themselves, only their beliefs, not for the good of the others)

but my gyne is a catholic but still she prescribed contraceptions.

Answer 7

GPs are not legally obliged to, but if they don't for moral reasons they are legally obliged to refer you to someone else (who will.)

Answer 8

Nobody prescribes contraception. Think again.

Answer 9

not to priests because they are too busy molesting alter boys to worry about making girls pregnant

Answer 10

If you know one, ask him or her.