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The Latest Skirmish in the Condom Wars - Family Concerns

The Physician’s Consortium, representing more than 25,000 doctors, has called for the resignation of Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). They charge that the CDC has known that a U. S. Health and Human Services (HHS) study found no convincing proof that condoms provide protection against many sexually transmitted diseases. Read more...

UN Report Suggests Condoms are not the Answer to Aids Epidemic - Austin Ruse

According to a United Nations report released on June 23, the UN's massive effort to supply the world with condoms in a bid to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS is failing. Read more...

Catholic Teaching Has the Best Way to Stop AIDS - Wayne Laugesen

"Condoms don't work," said Dr. George Mulcaire-Jones. "In addition to doing little physically to prevent the transmission of HIV, condoms exacerbate the problem by promoting promiscuity in places where that behavior is most deadly at this point in time." Read more...

Condoms vs. Abstinence - Steven Mosher

Over the past twenty years, HIV/AIDS prevention programs have centered on the large-scale distribution of condoms. These have been combined with “safe sex” propaganda campaigns aimed at convincing the public that putting a layer of latex between sexual partners can guarantee protection against infection by the HIV/AIDS virus. Read more...

New Research Shows Dangers of Condoms in HIV Prevention - Culture of Life Foundation

Availability of condoms statistically increase promiscuity and risk of contracting HIV according to medical experts who presented their findings on the "ABC" approach to the HIV/Pandemic in Washington, DC last week. Read more...

Congress Hears Testimony That Condoms Do Not Prevent Some STDs - Culture of Life Foundation

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported to the US Congress last week that condoms are not generally effective in preventing the spread of some sexually transmitted diseases. Read more...

Will Condoms Really Stop AIDS In Africa? - Brian Saint-Paul

We're told by the mass media that condom distribution is the solution to the AIDS crisis in Africa and that the Catholic Church is standing in the way of that effort. The research, however, contradicts that view. Read more...

Doubts About Condoms: Science Questioning Their Efficacy in Halting HIV/AIDS - Zenit

The Catholic Church has long been criticized for opposing condom promotion as part of AIDS prevention programs and "safe sex" campaigns. Read more...

In search of a scapegoat - Michael Cook

Was John Paul II responsible for the deaths of millions of African AIDS victims because he refused to sanction the use of condoms? Read more...

Condoms and reproductive health - a reply to Genuis and Genuis - K. Ault, R. Ness, S.J. Genuis & S.K. Genuis

Does correct use of the condom reduce the risk of STDs? The authors — responding to the article “Managing the sexually transmitted disease pandemic: A time for reevaluation” — argue yes. Genuis and Genuis reply convincingly that it is not an effective preventative intervention. Read more...

The Pope, The Rabbi and Condoms - Dr. Laura Schlessinger

During his recent African trip, Pope Benedict XVI said that the distribution of condoms would not resolve the AIDS problem. Read more...

A human and spiritual wake-up call - Father Michael Czerny, S.J.

Pope Benedict’s words at the beginning of his trip to Africa, regarding the use of condoms in preventing the spread of AIDS, generated a media storm. But the Pope's comments are not the cause for concern that they were reported to be. Why is the Church's teaching on this issue not 'unrealistic and ineffective', as alleged; but valuable, efficient, and grounded in reality? Read more...

Pope Was Right to Challenge the Cult of the Condom - Colleen Carroll Campbell

Pope Benedict XVI made his comments on condoms in Africa more than a week ago, but the outrage they sparked shows no sign of abating. Read more...

Bleak stories behind failed condom campaigns - Chinwuba Iyizoba

Before blanketing the continent with condoms to stop AIDS, why don't you live in rural Africa for a while? Read more...