10 February 2012

While it has been widely reported that 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women use a method of contraception banned by the US bishops, and that the bishops represent the views of very few people other than themselves, it appears that some people still haven’t had it explained to them in terms they can understand; they don’t get the math. Catholics for Choice has remedied this, with a simple graphic that shows exactly what is at stake, over the slogan: Thinking about the Catholic vote? Do the math. It appears in the Washington Post today, and will appear in newspapers around the country over the weekend. Politicians, on both sides of the aisle, who think they can attack a woman’s right to access contraception, or worse, sell out for presumed political gain, will suffer the consequences. View the full-resolution image or download the PDF.