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Countries Where Condoms are Banned

Countries Where Condoms are Banned: compare 6 countries on 2 metrics.

Law6 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Nov 11, 2024Original page
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Condom Use Legality

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AfghanistanIllegalThe ruling Taliban have declared condom use illegal and ordered retailers to cease condom sales.
IndonesiaLegal, but culturally discouragedMuslim leadership in Indonesia strongly discourages condoms, maintaining that condom use leads to promiscuity.
NigeriaPartially illegalIt is illegal to encourage the use of condoms in Nigeria. Government rulings have stated "Continued advisement of condoms indirectly legalizes fornication and adultery." Condom quality is also a concern, which has caused many potential users to distrust condoms' reliability.
North KoreaPartially illegalNorth Korean national leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly encouraged a higher birthrate in the country “so that it will have more socialist workers." Consequently, the manufacture and sale of condoms is banned, though possession and use are still legal.
PhilippinesLegal, but culturally discouragedAlthough not illegal, condoms are frowned upon by the Catholic Church in the Philippines, which advocates for abstinence instead. Many adults forego condoms in order to avoid the shame associated with their use.
ZambiaLegal, but culturally discouragedCondom use is equated with weak character by Zambia's ideological Christian government.

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Where does this countries where condoms are banned data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Condom - Wikipedia; Taliban bans use of condoms, other birth control measures, calls their prevalence Western conspiracy to curtail Muslim population; Morning Breakout- Kaiser Family Foundation; Condom Wearing in the Philippines - Hello Doctor.

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