The Vatican shapes UN policy on contraception more than its own flock’s behavior

Evidence

In contrast, a number of Muslim countries are adopting a Pakistani program that trains health workers and medical school faculty to offer family planning services to their clients. The program also brought together religious scholars in a consensus that family planning does not violate Islamic principles as stated in the Quran (Mir & Shaikh, 2013). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2601 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Vatican sponsored outward-facing political parties rather than internal Church reform; Psychosocial impediments, not access, block contraception use in patriarchal societies; Religious authorities can be mobilized to endorse family planning — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2601 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Religious authorities can be mobilized to endorse family planning #complicates (0.78) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2601
• Psychosocial impediments, not access, block contraception use in patriarchal societies #complicates (0.75)