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Can I get a vasectomy? Here's what the Catholic Church teaches

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The news broke early this week that Planned Parenthood was offering free abortions and vasectomies outside the 2024 Democratic National Convention in downtown Chicago.

Each year an estimated 500,000 men in the U.S. choose vasectomies. Most who do so are middle-aged and married.

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, reports have emerged of greater numbers of young people, some of whom have never had children, requesting vasectomies and tubal ligations, both forms of sterilization.

What does the Catholic Church teach about sterilization?​


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