Illinois Right to Life attacks a recent study on condom usage reducing the risk of contracting HPV.
The number of times that you see pro-life groups talking about birth control is staggering. Certainly many people who are pro-life are also against birth control given the Catholic Church’s position, but let’s be honest about the program/ It’s not about abortion, it’s about sex.
The basic finding is that condom usage reduces risk, not that there is no risk–that’s what a scientific study does is determine a probability of an event occurring and in this case, condoms reduce the chance of an individual contracting HPV and that is a good thing. Information is good–in fact necessary to make choices. Between this and the crusade against the HPV vaccine, it’s clear that these people are reading Margaret Atwood novels as a how to model.
Here’s a fine piece attacking the HPV Vaccine.
HPV Vaccine?Another Deception of the Culture of Death
This HPV vaccine, my friends, is a classic case of the culture of death playing fast and loose with people?s lives. They use junk science to hook our terribly un-reflective culture on a promise that will benefit only a miniscule portion of the population, and then the false perception of security surrounding their newest ruse hooks everyone else into behaviors and lifestyles that perpetuate the damage and decay our decency.
On June 8, 2006, an HPV vaccine (manufactured by Merck) was licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in females, ages 9-26 years. This vaccine protects against four types of HPV, including two that cause most (70%) cervical cancers (types 16, 18), and two that cause most (90%) genital warts (types 6, 11). The vaccine is given through a series of three injections over a six-month period. The second and third doses should be given two and six months (respectively) after the first dose.
Another HPV vaccine (being developed by GlaxoSmithKline) is in the final stages of clinical testing, but it is not yet licensed. This vaccine would protect against the two types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers.
A 70% reduction in cervical cancer is a bad thing. Really.