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Fiction: Contraception Promotes Promiscuity & Disease

What Opponents Say: 

Contraception is the main culprit in the tragic increase in sexually transmitted infections (STI), teen pregnancies, and other prominent sexual phenomena of the past 30 years. Contraception in all its forms—condoms, birth control pills, IUDs, etc.—are all responsible in various ways for creating a “false sense of security” that encourages people to engage in promiscuous sexual behavior

Who’s Saying It?: 

PRI (“The Contracepted Society,” a definitive articulation), HLI, Valerie Riches of UK’s Family & Youth Concern in a pamphlet published by HLI

Reality Check: 

The number of teenage pregnancies has continued to drop over the past 10 years as contraceptive knowledge and prevalence has increased.

The AMA supports condom use for the prevention of HIV infection and other STIs.

The ACOG supports the use of IUDs as safe and effective birth control.

The FDA says condoms could save your life, and advocates their use in preventing STIs and pregnancy.

After years of claims that condoms do not protect against HPV, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine proves that condoms are very helpful for preventing it.

Condom availability contributed directly to a decrease in sexualy activity among teens in several studies.

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