Friday August 4, 2000

CONDOM-RESISTANT HPV IS LEADING STD IN AMERICA

Causes 90% of cervical cancer, number two cause of women's cancer deaths

CHICAGO, Aug 4 (LSN.ca) - Hal Wallis, M.D. of the Consortium of State Physician Resource Councils, wrote in the Chicago Tribune July 28 that "HPV (Human Papillomavirus) is now by far the leading sexually transmitted infection in America with an estimated 75 percent of the population between ages 15 and 49 having been infected." Dr. Wallis was responding to an article downplaying the seriousness of HPV.

HPV is the cause of over 90 per cent of all cervical cancer, the number two cause of cancer deaths among women, however the virus is virtually unknown. The reason lies in the fact that as Dr. Wallis says, "condoms provide little if any protection." In a report on HPV Health Canada confirms that "barrier contraceptives, which have been successful in reducing transmission of many sexually transmitted diseases, do not appear to be effective in preventing HPV infection." Given that abstinence is the only way to avoid HPV, condom promoters such as Planned Parenthood and other so-called family planning groups have all but ignored the disease.

Dr. Wallis says further that "The infection is especially prominent for those under age 25, who by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Planned Parenthood's statistics have been faithful in heeding the condom message." He concludes, "No one among safe-sex educators wants to give the message that condoms are ineffective against some STDs; however, it is time for those who have so forcefully taught the condom message to be honest about what condoms do not do."

For more on HPV from LifeSite see:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/1999/sept/99092303.html

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