Wednesday, March 12, 2008

25% of Teenage Girls with STDs?

The CDC released a study that concludes 1 in 4 teenage girles have at least one sexually transmitted disease.

Several people have asked "Really?" See comments on this blog post for responses about the validity of the analysis.

Even if they are off by a factor of 2, it would be 1 in 8 girls, still an astoundingly high number. Keep in mind, too, this is not worldwide, but in the US. There are certainly places in the world where it could be even more frequent.

I know abstinence campaigns come under heavy fire from some quarters, and do not always have perfect results. But the facts are undeniable. The incidence of STDs among those who stay sexually pure before and during marriage approaches zero.

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