Should Washington Push the Female Condom?
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2010/07/29 23:18:28
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You probably don't know anybody who uses one, but Washington, D.C., is on a mission to get women to use the female condom.
Washington has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the U.S., according to The Associated Press. A 2009 study found about three percent of the city's population over the age of 12 has HIV or AIDS.
Health officials say a female condom is as effective as male condoms in preventing pregnancy, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases — and because a female condom covers more area, it may provide broader protection. It can also be inserted up to eight hours before intercourse. And it allows a woman to take charge of the protection issue.
Community groups are handing out 500,000 of the female condoms all over the city. City officials also have a website and posters on 460 buses.
"We're hoping that this will just be part of [women's] arsenal," Dr. Nnemdi Kamanu Elias of the district's Department of Health, who is overseeing the part of the department that deals with HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, told the Associated Press. "It's something they themselves can initiate and they themselves have control over.
Should Washington Push the Female Condom?
Washington has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the U.S., according to The Associated Press. A 2009 study found about three percent of the city's population over the age of 12 has HIV or AIDS.
Health officials say a female condom is as effective as male condoms in preventing pregnancy, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases — and because a female condom covers more area, it may provide broader protection. It can also be inserted up to eight hours before intercourse. And it allows a woman to take charge of the protection issue.
Community groups are handing out 500,000 of the female condoms all over the city. City officials also have a website and posters on 460 buses.
"We're hoping that this will just be part of [women's] arsenal," Dr. Nnemdi Kamanu Elias of the district's Department of Health, who is overseeing the part of the department that deals with HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, told the Associated Press. "It's something they themselves can initiate and they themselves have control over.
Should Washington Push the Female Condom?
Read More: http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/ap/us_female_condoms
Top Opinion
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youarenotlistening 2010/07/30 17:41:22Yes, it will help fight HIV.
+3Dont know what it is , yet. Anything that empowers women to take charge of their sex lives /body and health , is a good thing.
it feels too good.
But aren't their more pressing matters at hand?
Like the economy, the deficit, ... the two wars we're currently in?
"Condoms are too tight on me."
" I am actually allergic to latex."
Or any number of things a guy will say because he can't be bothered to stop and put a condom on himself.
My advice: check the damn turf before you go playing on the field. And that's to both the men AND the women.
My, that's an interesting profile picture you have there, Cake, with an EXTREMELY interesting name you've tagged it with. Interesting choice of user name as well.
haha
personally if i had to chooce the male or female to wear the condom the male would be easier.
for the female its alot more work and effort to put the condom inside and such.
maybe they should have more FREE condoms availiable..
Like all “liberal “ ideas it looks good on paper but in reality is actually bad for us as a nation and MORE $$$ will only make things worse...
But eduction is far better than not knowing a thing.
or see the number of TB cases within the prison population.
you wanna read some scary stuff.
why do we keep so many prisoners alive? if they've committed a very serious crime why dont we just sentence them to death instead of life in prison? and if we know that they are gang members, why do we let them back out? they're just going to go back to where they left off when they were sent to prison.
some would say, keepin alive such animals is a worse punishment then the deathe.