▲ 275 ▼ Fun venn diagram (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by Dehydrated@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) i know this is a meme but it’s inaccurate. for example, the roman catholic church is widely pro life but generally anti death penalty. this is not a defense of the institution which covered up known sex abuse cases. i just think it’s valuable to know your enemy. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anarchost@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago I don't know how the Catholic church handles its hierarchy, but doctrine doesn't necessarily equal people calling for legislation. Under half of Catholics want to legislate abortion restrictions, compared to 77% of white evangelicals. According to Guttmacher, 99% of Catholic women have used contraceptives. And I don't know if this is broken down per capita by religion, but... 17% of abortion patients [self-]identified as mainline Protestant; 13% as evangelical Protestant; 24% as Catholic permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anarchost@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago I don't know how the Catholic church handles its hierarchy, but doctrine doesn't necessarily equal people calling for legislation. Under half of Catholics want to legislate abortion restrictions, compared to 77% of white evangelicals. According to Guttmacher, 99% of Catholic women have used contraceptives. And I don't know if this is broken down per capita by religion, but... 17% of abortion patients [self-]identified as mainline Protestant; 13% as evangelical Protestant; 24% as Catholic permalink fedilink source parent
