Afs, I'm not sure, but I do know that my children were born in a Catholic hospital. My doctors cannot perform any operations there such as the tying of fallopian tubes. They have to admit you to another hospital.

My mother is an ovarian cancer survivor and carries the gene mutation. It is recommended that her female descendants take oral contraceptives, as it lowers the chance of them developing ovarian cancer by 60%. I've never asked my priest what it means to the Church.