Frist, do no harm...

from The Springfield MO News-Leader:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday that the government should review federally funded sexual abstinence programs, under fire from Democrats who say they contain false and misleading medical information.

The 'abstinence-only' programs, which get $170 million from Congress this year, teach children and teens the benefits of abstaining from sex until marriage. By law, they are not allowed to discuss any benefits of birth control or condoms in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

How f*cking backward can you get... not allowed to discuss the health benefits of condoms??? Are we living in Zimbabwe??? The current administration of this program is also charged with overstating the failure rates for condoms in a misguided attempt to scare teens into not using them... guess what, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SEX ANYWAY!!!

If we treat sexually active teenagers like children, withhold information from them, and manipulate data to support our misguided, puritanical orthodoxy, we get exactly what we deserve: kids using birth control ineffectively, kids not using any birth control, having unsafe sex, seeking abortions, having unwanted children, and getting infected. And the Senate Majority Leader is a DOCTOR. I hope he has malpractice insurance.

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