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Where the rubbers meet the road
Dan Fitzpatrick
Issue date: 8/13/08 Section: Forum
Ten percent failure rate for condoms? Where did that number come from? We so often hear the line that Gwin echoed, "most birth control is over 99 percent effective when used correctly" (although that "when used correctly" part has apparently been pretty tricky for people).
In 2003, it was a study done by those anti-condom zealots at the United Nations who found that condoms were failing up to a 10th of the time.
Suppose that only a million condoms are shipped to Africa (though the real number is much higher) - that's nearly 100,000 failures. This is not the way to stop an infection.
It's the experience of Uganda, where the rubber - err, abstinence - meets the road, that demolishes the "safe sex" mantra Gwin and Planned Parenthood are hawking.
Of course, if you want more evidence, there's always the study that indicated those who use the Depo-Provera shot can triple their susceptibility to certain STIs, as well as the plain fact that the Human Papillomavirus (the most common STI, which can cause warts and cervical cancer) is spread by skin-to-skin contact between the abdomen and mid-thigh.
Forget condoms; the only ways to completely prevent HPV infections are either abstinence or hip-waders.
But Gwin is content to ignore these facts and try to argue by name-calling, labeling me an "anti-choice zealot." She also claims advocates of sexual responsibility call people like her "baby-eaters," which of course I never said, but you might think so after reading her article.
You might also think after reading it that I shamelessly lied and claimed Planned Parenthood is filled with belligerent racists (which, again, I never did).
My point was that regardless of the reasons she or Planned Parenthood comes up with for why they perform so many abortions of Black babies, it doesn't change how many Black children are killed in their clinics.
One commenter on my column tried to use Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics to show that White women have the most abortions.
In 2003, it was a study done by those anti-condom zealots at the United Nations who found that condoms were failing up to a 10th of the time.
Suppose that only a million condoms are shipped to Africa (though the real number is much higher) - that's nearly 100,000 failures. This is not the way to stop an infection.
It's the experience of Uganda, where the rubber - err, abstinence - meets the road, that demolishes the "safe sex" mantra Gwin and Planned Parenthood are hawking.
Of course, if you want more evidence, there's always the study that indicated those who use the Depo-Provera shot can triple their susceptibility to certain STIs, as well as the plain fact that the Human Papillomavirus (the most common STI, which can cause warts and cervical cancer) is spread by skin-to-skin contact between the abdomen and mid-thigh.
Forget condoms; the only ways to completely prevent HPV infections are either abstinence or hip-waders.
But Gwin is content to ignore these facts and try to argue by name-calling, labeling me an "anti-choice zealot." She also claims advocates of sexual responsibility call people like her "baby-eaters," which of course I never said, but you might think so after reading her article.
You might also think after reading it that I shamelessly lied and claimed Planned Parenthood is filled with belligerent racists (which, again, I never did).
My point was that regardless of the reasons she or Planned Parenthood comes up with for why they perform so many abortions of Black babies, it doesn't change how many Black children are killed in their clinics.
One commenter on my column tried to use Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics to show that White women have the most abortions.
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Vanessa
posted 8/26/08 @ 7:54 PM PST
About the Facts:
I found your long quote from Dr. Mulcaire-Jones, which seems to have been cut and pasted directly from an article authored by the The Catholic Education Resource center. (Continued…)
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