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Article: Comprehensive approach needed to combat sexually transmitted infections among youth.(Issues & Implications)
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- The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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In his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Bush expounded on the dangers that young people face from exposure to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). "Each year, [millions of] teenagers contract sexually-transmitted diseases that can harm them, or kill them, or prevent them from ever becoming parents," he said. His prescription was simple: "We will double federal funding for abstinence programs, so schools can teach this fact of life: Abstinence for young people is the only certain way to avoid sexually-transmitted diseases."
Meanwhile in Congress, Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) is reviving efforts to amend current condom labeling to include a ...