Posted on 02/23/2022 3:23:08 PM PST by Ennis85
For the first time, U.S. regulators have officially authorized a condom to be used for anal sex, not just vaginal sex.
The decision, announced by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, has long been sought by sexual health experts, who said it could encourage more people who engage in anal sex to use condoms to protect themselves against H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections.
The risk of sexually transmitted diseases is “significantly higher” during anal sex than vaginal sex, an F.D.A. official said Wednesday. But until now, there has not been enough data to show that condoms are safe and effective during anal sex.
“The F.D.A.’s authorization of a condom that is specifically indicated, evaluated and labeled for anal intercourse may improve the likelihood of condom use during anal intercourse,” Courtney Lias, director of the F.D.A. office that issued the approval, said in a statement.
The decision applies to a condom manufactured by Global Protection Corp. called the ONE male condom. Last year, the company asked the F.D.A. to allow it to add anal sex to the intended use of the condom on the product label, based on a study showing the failure rate, defined as slippage or breakage, to be less than 1 percent during anal sex.
The F.D.A. said in the statement that other condom companies would now be able to apply for similar approval by submitting claims that their condoms demonstrated “substantial equivalence” to the evidence shown for ONE condoms.
“I don’t think this is viewed as something that should be restricted, but rather something that opens the door for other companies to rigorously assess their condoms and show that they also perform well for anal sex,” said Aaron Siegler, an epidemiologist at Emory University who helped lead the study that prompted the F.D.A. decision.
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Meanwhile, Fauci’s rushing to get a patent on the colon cancer testing component of the condom…..using our tax dollars for development.
I knew Obama would be the butt of the jokes. So many dirty cracks.
What should it be called?
butt effing?
The Food and Drug Administration were testing them on themselves ,LOL
When will the government buy $30M worth and pass out to schoolchildren?
Wasn’t prepared to see that.
FOTFLMAO
And then there’s Buttplug and that awful lipstick wearing guy appointed director of national security. I see a large billboard in their futures.
Sex is the procreative act between the male and the female.
I tooo worked with several in the 80s that were draftsman…most were very talented and were great to work with. All died of AIDS before they had the Magic Johnson cocktail…most had a new partner every week…
LOL.... An still in News/Activism
I thought sodomy was illegal?
Just say it’s your thumb…
“..... awful lipstick wearing guy appointed director of national security. ....”
Do you mean Biden’s DOE appointment for director nuclear waste waste disposal & processing or the ‘it’ appointed to be national health service director (complete with an Admiral’s uniform!)?
Only comes in fudge flavor.
In the end, our condom comes out number one in number 2!
It certainly has an epilog!
Barry and Michael. How precious.
HEY! Quit Butting in!
Reader's Digest was right all those years ago when they said "Laughter is the best Medicine."
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