Zenit News reports that the Brazilian Health Ministry will distribute 22 million free condoms in several cities during carnival. On Friday, Bishop Raymundo Damasceno, secretary-general of the Brazilian bishops’ conference, said the massive campaigns of free condoms have shown that they do not arrest the spread of AIDS, but rather, propagate it.
The National Post reports that Justice Theo Wolder, of the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton has ruled that a father’s decision to change his gender from male to female does not constitute a material change in circumstances sufficient to warrant altering a child custody arrangement. https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010202/461994.html
A Christian pharmacist in Belgium, Paul Vannes from Ruisbroek, has stopped selling condoms or morning-after pills after spending retreats at different abbeys and being convinced of the error of his ways. The Society of the Belgian Pharmacists is concerned about the development. The law allows conscientious objection but also permits lawsuits against pharmacists for the refusal of the morning-after-pill. https://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_195676.html?menu=
Australian euthanasia advocate Dr. Phillip Nitschke is planning to set up a clinic to test outdated medications so that people can use stored up drugs to do away with themselves. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/health/2001/02/item20010205012427_1.htm