So-Called “Safe Sex” Advocates Censor Safety Info
Published by contactus July 1st, 2005 in AbstinenceThe condom advocates point to a high level of public confidence in condoms as a reason to keep people in the dark to the medically-accurate information. Let’s review what the inflation of public confidence in condoms has gotten us over the past 40 years…
- Skyrocketing unmarried pregnancy (The CDC has attributed the majority of the drop in teen pregnancy to increased abstinence among teens – not condoms)
- HIV/AIDS worldwide pandemic
- A resurgence of Syphilis
- Herpes I and Herpes II
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- Human Papillomavirus (which kills more American women each year than AIDS, and about which the CDC has stated condoms are not a primary prevention)
- And more.
Maybe it is time to shake the blind faith of the American public in the false notion of the infallibility of condoms. Fact is condoms are not “highly effective” outside the laboratory setting, where half-drunk guys and gals improperly store the condoms in hot cars and wallets, where the expiration date is never checked, and where people don’t want to where them anyway. Because, like comedian Mark Gunder says, “Using a condom is like licking an ice cream cone with a sock on your tongue.”
Once Americans realize that they are not as “safe” as they were taught in their sex education, they will be forced to make truly informed choices about their sexual activity, and will begin to behave responsibly, by choosing to abstain. - Education
Safe-sex, abstinence groups debate labeling of condoms
By Linda A. Johnson
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 30, 2005
TRENTON, N.J. — Condoms do a great job of stopping the spread of AIDS and a pretty good job of preventing pregnancy. But a conservative senator and groups promoting abstinence say the evidence that they protect against other sexually transmitted diseases is surprisingly spotty.
Those groups are pushing to make condom labels “medically accurate,” even blocking appointment of a new federal drug agency chief until the labels are changed. “Safe sex” advocates say they fear that could increase unwanted pregnancies and the spread of AIDS and other diseases by undermining public confidence in condoms.