Here’s a question of special relevance to regions where there is a high incidence of HIV/AIDS — in particular, sub-Saharan Africa: Does marriage protect a person against the disease? An editorial published in the official Zimbabwean newspaper, The Herald, this week scoffs at the idea, saying, “Nothing could be further from the truth.” Read more…
Every year since 1988 the joyful tidings of Christmas have been preceded by the increasingly upbeat message of World AIDS Day, December 1. This year’s theme of “Getting to zero” was launched last month by Hillary Clinton announcing that an “AIDS-free generation” was within grasp if the United States and countries around the world would team up on scientific advancements. President Obama threw an extra $50 million in that direction and he was joined by former presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton in promising greater commitment to eradicating the disease. The catch-line, “beginning of the end”, was scripted in the White House. Bono, Elton John and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leant their faces to the cause. Read more…
by Charlie Butts
Gardasil, a vaccine used to inoculate young girls against a form of cervical cancer, is now being recommended for boys ages 11 to 12. Some sources consider that to be a bad idea and not cost-effective. Read more…
by Becky Yeh
A pro-family leader is calling on California’s governor to veto a dangerous bill that he and other family advocates believe undermines parental authority and the safety of children.
Governor Jerry Brown has several days to decide on the fate of AB 499, a bill that would allow minors as young as 12 years of age to consent to “medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.” The bill, introduced by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D), would allow children to agree to vaccines and treatments without the consent of parents, including the vaccine Gardasil. Read more…
Shocking news: Virginity is on the rise in America.
The source is sober, academic, practically irrefutable: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Its latest analysis of the sex lives of Americans age 15 to 44 includes a startling finding: Virginity is increasing among teens and young adults in the U.S. Read more…
by Dale O’Leary
A key player in the prevention controversy documents how the AIDS establishment has betrayed the developing world.
Harvard University researcher Edward Green rose to prominence in the AIDS controversy with his 2003 book, Rethinking AIDS Prevention. His new book, Broken Promises: How the AIDS Establishment has Betrayed the Developing World, chronicles the continuing battle over how to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Green, a key player in the struggle, documents how two radically different strategies have competed for funding and support. Read more…
by Michael Cook
The best research shows that restraint and fidelity are the solutions to the devastating epidemic. But the bureaucrats aren’t listening.
Earlier this year, the journal PLoS Medicine published a stunning report about the prevalence of AIDS in Zimbabwe. Over the ten years to 2007 HIV prevalence was halved. This decline is almost unique in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more…
While adolescents are not as sexually active as we are led to believe, older Americans are more active than you might think. From the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel:
Across the nation, and especially in communities that attract a lot of older Americans, the free-love generation is continuing to enjoy an active — if not always healthy — sex life. Read more…
By Carlos Polo
The age at which teenagers begin to engage in sexual activity is a critical variable for those who would make public policy in the health field. Early onset of sexual activity is associated with higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), teen pregnancy, depression, suicide, and other adverse consequences. Read more…
by Bill May
AB 499, the bill which permits 12 year old children to give consent, without their parents’ knowledge, for vaccines or other medication to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, was surprisingly pulled from the Senate floor July 7 and referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. A new hearing has been scheduled for August 15. Read more…
by Bill May
Children Over 12 Can Consent to SDT Vaccines
AB 499 is End Run by Planned Parenthood, et al.
Hearing Tuesday: Call Senate Judiciary Committee Members
In 2007 there was a proposal for mandatory vaccines for school children to prevent certain sexually transmitted diseases. It died after an uproar then. But now the drug companies, Planned Parenthood, NARAL and others are back, trying to get the legislature to sneak a bill through that would let children 12 years old and above give consent to be vaccinated without their parents knowledge. This is one of the most outrageous bills we have seen. Read more…
In an op-ed from the Boston Herald, we learn the following:
Pay attention parents! It’s spring. And before you know it, Massachusetts public schools will begin their yearly sex-ed lessons for kids as young as 5.
Of course, they won’t call it “sex ed.” They’ll call it “health.” But a rose by any other name is still a rose….
Indeed, when specifically asked why the school presents lessons on HIV in the third grade, rather than in middle school, one school administrator made this shocking admission:
“The goal is to reach kids before they absorb their parents’ values. By middle school it’s too late.” (emphasis added)
Read the whole thing.
The U.S. is contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS among African women by its reckless distribution of hormonal contraceptives of all kinds in so-called “reproductive health” programs.
The world’s deadliest killer, HIV/AIDS, and the Birth Control Pill have been carrying on a secret and deadly “love affair” for decades. While women swallowed their “freedom” with the morning orange juice, studies that should have made global headlines yellowed in medical journals, unknown to the general public. Only doctors learned about the pills deadly affair with HIV/AIDS, and they were too busy writing prescriptions for hormonal contraceptives to talk. Read more…
Five years after western governments began to fund vaccination of girls against the sexually transmitted, cancer-causing, human papillomavirus (HPV) medical professionals and drug companies are calling for subsidised vaccination for boys. Read more…
Seems like a logical conclusion they should have come to in advance.
A decade ago public health experts and frontline health professionals convinced the UK government that easy (free, over the counter) access to the morning after pill would bring down the country’s record rates of teenage pregnancy. It hasn’t, but it has helped to increase sexually transmitted infections among teens. Read more…
For those who have chosen chastity, here is an interesting news story from USAToday that I think affirms the chaste lifestyle:
There’s a worrisome uptick in the incidence of certain head and neck cancers among middle-aged and even younger Americans, and some experts link the trend to a rise in the popularity of oral sex over the past few decades.
That’s because the human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major trigger for these cancers, and HPV can be transmitted through this type of sexual activity.
Questions
1. If you’ve chosen chastity, how does this make you feel?
2. If you haven’t chosen chastity, how does this make you feel? Does this worry you?
Read the USAToday article here.
by Bill Bumpas
A study published this week in the journal Pediatrics says ten percent of teens who said they were abstinent also tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease. But an advocate for abstinence says the sex-education curricula in most schools could be blamed for those numbers.
Of the 964 teens who tested positive for an STD, 118 claimed they had not had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months, and 60 said they had never had intercourse in their lives. The study, based on its findings, recommends that all teens receiving clinical services — regardless if they self-report as being sexually abstinent — be tested for prevalent STDs such as gonorrhea and chlamydia.
Read more…
Sigh. Why doesn’t anyone pay attention to this stuff?
by Matthew Hanley
The predominant Western approach to preventing the spread of AIDS in Africa has failed. Though in theory the risk reduction strategies favored by Western governments and aid agencies—handing out condoms, promoting counseling and testing, and treating other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to block HIV transmission—can “work” in theory, they have not done so in practice. In Africa, despite years of promised improvements, they have not brought any downturn at all. Read more…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsEEXDGAsk
This is really enlightening and frightening! Parents of daughters, watch this. Especially read the text that scrolls on the page part way through the video.
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