Gisele
Bundchen
has
publicly
criticised
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
for
its
"outdated" view
on
contraception.
The
Brazilian
supermodel
-
who
previously
dated
Leonardo
DiCaprio
-
believes
the
church
should
change
its
views
because
"no
one
is
a
virgin"
anymore
and
contraception
is
necessary
to
stop
the
spread
of
sexually
transmitted
diseases.
Gisele
told
Brazil's
Folha
de
S.
Paulo
newspaper:
"Their
view
of
contraception
is
out
of
date
because
it
was
adopted
when
the
women
were
virgins,
the
guys
were
virgins.
"Today,
no
one
is
a
virgin
when
they
get
married.
"To
prohibit
condoms
is
ridiculous,
just
think
of
all
the
diseases
transmitted
without
them.
How
is
it
possible
to
not
want
people
to
use
condoms
and
also
not
have
abortions?
It's
impossible,
I'm
sorry."
Her
comments
come
less
than
a
month
after
Pope
Benedict
XVI
criticised
government-sanctioned
abortion
laws
and
birth
control
during
a
five-day
visit
to
Brazil,
the
most
highly
populated
Roman
Catholic
country
in
the
world.
Though
most
abortions
are
banned
in
Brazil,
the
government
gave
out
more
over
300
million
free
condoms
a
year
to
combat
the
spread
of
AIDS
and
unwanted
pregnancies.