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Condoms do dramatically reduce HPV transmission!

MiamiHerald.com | 06/22/2006 | Condoms lower cancer-causing virus infections
For the first time, scientists have proof that condoms offer women impressive protection against the virus that causes cervical cancer.

A three-year study of female college students -- all virgins at the start -- found that women whose partners always wore a condom during sex were 70 percent less likely to become infected with the human papilloma virus, or HPV, than those whose partners used protection less than 5 percent of the time.

''That's pretty awesome. There aren't too many times when you can have an intervention that would offer so much protection,'' said Dr. Patricia Kloser, an infectious disease specialist at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who was not part of the study.

OLD ARGUMENT

Condoms have been shown convincingly to prevent pregnancy and AIDS. But conservatives who want to see abstinence taught in schools have long argued that condoms do not protect well against diseases such as HPV, because men can spread the virus from sores on their genital area not covered by a condom.

So lets summarize: Abstinence only (lack of-)education: 1) creates a higher chance of not using any STD protection or birth control during sexual contact, 2) doesn't work; it hasn't meaning fully changed the average age of sexual activity, and 3) uses, now documented, lies to discourage the uses of any form of std or pregnancy protection. But hey, lets put MORE money into abstinence only education because it works so well.

Posted by pqbon at June 22, 2006 4:29 PM