Encuesta de opinión católica sobre el aborto
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Este artículo expone los resultados de una investigación que explora la opinión de los católicos sobre el tema del aborto4. Los encuestados fueron jóvenes, adultos y adultos mayores de las ciudades de La Paz y Santa Cruz. Los temas de indagación tienen que ver con la opinión sobre educación sexual, derechos sexuales y reproductivos en colegios; información sobre métodos anticonceptivos; acceso a dichos métodos por parte de adolescentes y jóvenes y una larga batería de temas sobre el aborto, finalizando con la opinión sobre lo que debe hacer la Iglesia para adaptarse al siglo XXI. En general, los resultados de la encuesta revelan una posición muy abierta de los católicos sobre los derechos sexuales y reproductivos que deben ejercer los adolescentes y jóvenes, incluyendo información y acceso a los métodos anticonceptivos. Esto lleva a pensar que, no obstante la actual prohibición de la Iglesia Católica sobre el uso de métodos modernos de anticoncepción, la población católica que participó del presente estudio muestra una opinión favorable hacia la información y acceso que deben tener los jóvenes. Por tanto, se presenta una suerte de ruptura entre el discurso principista y dogmático de la Jerarquía eclesiástica y la práctica concreta y cotidiana de los católicos de base.
This article presents the results of an investigation that explores the opinion of Catholics on the subject of abortion. The respondents were young, adults and older adults from the cities of La Paz and Santa Cruz. The topics of inquiry have to do with the opinion about sexual education, sexual and reproductive rights in schools; information on contraceptive methods; access to these methods by adolescents and young people and a long battery of abortion issues, ending with the opinion on what the Church should do to adapt to the twenty-first century. Overall, the results of the survey reveal a very open position of Catholics about sexual and reproductive rights that adolescents and young people should exercise, including information and access to contraceptive methods. This suggests that, despite the current prohibition of the use of modern methods of contraception by the Catholic Church, the Catholic population that participated in the present study shows a favorable opinion on the information and access that young people should have. Therefore, there is a kind of rupture between the principled and dogmatic discourse of the ecclesiastical hierarchy and the concrete and daily practice of the basic Catholics.
This article presents the results of an investigation that explores the opinion of Catholics on the subject of abortion. The respondents were young, adults and older adults from the cities of La Paz and Santa Cruz. The topics of inquiry have to do with the opinion about sexual education, sexual and reproductive rights in schools; information on contraceptive methods; access to these methods by adolescents and young people and a long battery of abortion issues, ending with the opinion on what the Church should do to adapt to the twenty-first century. Overall, the results of the survey reveal a very open position of Catholics about sexual and reproductive rights that adolescents and young people should exercise, including information and access to contraceptive methods. This suggests that, despite the current prohibition of the use of modern methods of contraception by the Catholic Church, the Catholic population that participated in the present study shows a favorable opinion on the information and access that young people should have. Therefore, there is a kind of rupture between the principled and dogmatic discourse of the ecclesiastical hierarchy and the concrete and daily practice of the basic Catholics.
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No. 41