The statistics in the Guttmacher study appear to be okay for the
purpose for which the study was originally intended. The intention of
the study was to answer something like the following question: "Among
women of various religious groups who are now sexually active but do not
wish to become pregnant, what percentage use different methods of
avoiding pregnancy?" But the purpose for which the statistic for
Catholic women from the study is now being used is to argue, "A very
high percentage of Catholic women (or, perhaps, Catholic women of
child-bearing age) are currently not following the Catholic Church's
teachings on sex and contraception and have a use for contraception
forbidden by the Catholic Church."
For that purpose, these statistics are bogus.
Learn how to lie with statistics here.
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