https://padlet.com/afinley6/2koogesk8uum en-us 2017-11-10 21:28:26 UTC 2026-02-27 12:36:35 UTC hello@padlet.com afinley6 https://padlet.com/afinley6/2koogesk8uum/wish/205834819 2017-11-10 21:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/afinley6/2koogesk8uum/wish/205834819 afinley6 https://padlet.com/afinley6/2koogesk8uum/wish/205834986 The students at the all catholic Xavier University have decided to host their college's very first sex week. They are demanding free condoms and birth control from the university which admittedly is not willing to give in to such demands. For the most part, the Catholic religion does not support the use of condoms or birth control due to the fact that they do not agree with preventing pregnancy through the use of contraceptives. Hormonal medications are allowed only if they are for a legitimate medical purpose but that purpose can not be to reduce the risk of pregnancy.

The Xavier students argue that even though they attend a 100% Catholic school, only about 54% of them are actually Catholic. The health insurance provided  to the students through the school does not cover condoms or birth control which is directly opposite of Obamacare. The University argues that the students can stay on their parents healthcare until they are age 26 if they have a problem with it. The institution does not outlaw the use of contraceptives, if students want to use them they will just have to get them off campus and shell out their own money to do so.

I think that this is an interesting moral issue because on the one hand the students are aware that they are attending a religious institution that does not support the use of contraceptives for religious reasons. The university is not banning their use but just not participating in the practice of promoting them. I do think that it is responsible to promote sexual health and knowledge in order to protect our young people in society but I don't believe that the university should have to provide these items to the students in this situation.

Sources Cited
Morabito, A. (2017, Nov 10th). Catholic students host 'sex week', demand free
                 condoms. Washington Examiner. Retrieved from:
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