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New model of female condom could bring wider use
Breitbart ^
Posted on 04/16/2009 2:53:42 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL
NEW YORK (AP) - Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
An early version of the female condom was introduced in 1993, and it remains the only available woman-initiated form of protection against both STDs and unintended pregnancy. Yet despite global promotion by the United Nations and other organizations, its usage is still minuscule, even as women bear an ever-growing share of the AIDS epidemic.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: condom; female; std
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To: null and void
Thinkin’ of my ex,,,,Freezer Bags!
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
04/16/2009 3:14:26 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 86 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Yorlik803
Hey leave Paris alone.
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posted on
04/16/2009 3:16:38 PM PDT
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y6162
To: Dilbert San Diego
During World War II, the army camps were plagued by STDs. All these young guys and far away from home for the first time. The thing was so bad that it threatened to cripple the war effort. The Army handed out “rubbers” like chewing gum and cigarettes. They chewed the gum, smoked the cigarettes and used the condoms as water balloons. When penicillin was mass produced, badly wounded soldiers had a hard time getting enough of the stuff because it was all going to cure VD. What they are doing is takiung a birth control devise and trying to use it to curb the effects of irrational behavior. Fails every time.
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04/16/2009 3:18:02 PM PDT
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RobbyS
(ECCE homo)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
For some reason, this is the image that always comes to mind, when I hear the words "female condom".
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04/16/2009 5:19:52 PM PDT
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ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
To: null and void
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posted on
04/16/2009 5:22:33 PM PDT
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ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
To: MAD-AS-HELL
Complaints about squeaky noises were among the factors that slowed acceptance of the original version.
I couldn't get past this part without cracking up.
To: adversarial
Complaints about squeaky noises...
I couldn't get past this part without cracking up. "Yes, it does look like your automatic oiler is out of adjustment"
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04/16/2009 6:05:09 PM PDT
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ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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