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Friday June 10, 2005
“Safe sex does not exist” Say Russian Parliamentarians
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MOSCOW, June 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Russian officials are warning that the so-called “safe-sex” message is having the reverse of its intended effect – it is the cause of an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
According to Russia’s Pravda news source, lawmakers are calling the safe-sex message “propaganda.” “People started thinking after the ‘Safe Sex’ program that they would be able to protect themselves against any disease,” said Moscow's parliamentary committee for healthcare spokesman Ludmila Stebenkova. “They let themselves go on this assumption.”
Because of the false sense of security many people feel, the misled belief that condoms will act as a catch-all for all potential STDs is leading to increased incidence of STDs and out-of-marriage pregnancy. Russia is ranked third world-wide, after the Ukraine and Moldova, for the number of abortions. In particular, Pravda warns, condoms offer no protection against the human papillomas virus (HPV), the incidence of which has increased there by 50 percent in recent years. Herpes, fungal infections and genital wart cases are all also on the rise.
“One should propagandize total abstinence before marriage,” Stebenkova maintained. “The safe sex propaganda in the USA, for example, has resulted in the dissolution of morals. Sexually transmitted diseases started progressing there. That is why the US government assigns huge money to promote the value of innocence and virginity. It is coming into fashion.”
Moscow plans to introduce the new abstinence campaign this summer, with stickers and posters in the metro proclaiming, “Safe sex does not exist.”
See Pravda report: http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/360/15538_sex.html
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