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In reply to the discussion: WTF-- IVF is the same as murder? [View all]wnylib
(21,341 posts)that she does believe it. I was married to a Catholic. They are taught to pray over miscarried fetuses and do an emergency baptism if the miscarriage happens at home in the early weeks. The Catholics who do use birth control - there are quite a few of them - will not use an IUD because an IUD prevents fertized eggs from implanting on the uterine wall. They will only use birth control pills or a physical barrier, e.g. a condom or diaphragm, although any type of birth control is forbidden by the church.
As a true believer, she would also not believe that it is wrong to lie or obfuscate about the influence of her beliefs on her future rulings because it would be "a good lie" for the greater good of getting on the court to save embryos and fetuses.