Poll: Catholic doctors don't always follow church teaching.(NATION) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: May 6, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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According to a new national survey of 1,536 U.S. physicians, 93 percent of all doctors--and 87.5 percent of 327 self-described Catholic physicians--said they would "prescribe birth control to any adult patients that request them and for whom they are medically appropriate."

The survey reflects the extent to which some U.S. Catholics have bypassed church teaching on birth control and other issues in favor of following their own conscie...

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