Posted on 03/22/2009 9:19:09 PM PDT by ReformationFan
A government report reveals a strong need for more attention to abstinence education.
Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America has seen the report on sexually transmitted diseases which comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It's just very appalling because the sexually transmitted diseases syphilis and Chlamydia now are continuing to rise," she notes. "And Chlamydia is at an all-time high, an historical high, with over a million new cases a year, which is an increase over last year of some seven percent."
Since many of the new reports involve young people, Crouse says the figures suggest comprehensive sex education -- which she believes encourages young people to be intimate -- is not working.
"We have said to a whole generation, almost two generations now, of young people, 'Just be careful and use a condom,' and that's the only advice we are giving them," she adds, "and I think that's so unfair and it's so misleading for our young people because we're downplaying the consequences of casual sex."
The only way to prevent STDs and pregnancy, says Crouse, is abstinence.
When this pendulum swings the other way, will we see chastity belts again?
Works EVERY time its tried.
You mean Pope Benedict was right? Imagine that...
>an historical high
cockney pronunciation i guess
don’t forget PPV and its’ relation to oral sex and
throat cancer....(just google oral sex and throat cancer)...
Perhaps a new “victorian” age is around the corner, cause if
not, you may see the dying of a world culture.
You reap what you sow. Short, sweet, and true.
What goes around, comes around.
What goes on in Vegas, doesn’t always stay in Vegas.
Some mistakes are not gonna let you recover.
I note that this article does NOT quote per capita figures. I’m always suspicious when I see statistics without the per capita qualification. If the population is increasing, then the gross STD numbers will increase, it’s only logical. Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of low-income earners are creeping into your country illegally. Are they the types who obtain or afford regular health care services? Are they the types who know how to identify disease? Are they spreading STD’s? Anyone have any detailed reports on this?
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