Safe Sex?

The AIDS virus is 450 times smaller than a sperm and can travel through semi-permeable substances such as condoms. C.M. Roland, Editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology, notes " The AIDs virus is only .1 micron in size...50 times smaller than the voids (holes) in rubber... the virus can readily pass through the condom.

A Louis poll found that 90 percent of teens admitted they had become promiscuous simply because of perceived peer pressure. Eight percent felt they had been drawn into sex too soon.

Poll after poll is finding the most important question for teens is how to say "no" to sex without hurting their partner's feelings. Most teens are not comfortable with premarital sex.

A recent analysis of HIV transmission studies by Dr. Susan Weller indicates that condoms are only about 69 percent effective in preventing heterosexual transmission of the virus.

Many teens haven't heard of renewed virginity because "safe sex" promoters don't think it's possible to stop having sex.

The "pill" and the "shot" provide NO protection against STDs, and about 18 percent of teens using the "pill" will still get pregnant within one year.

The Los Angeles Times reported "four of the Nation's most popular condom brands permitted the AIDS virus to escape in lab test, prompting researchers to warn users not to assume ...condoms work... in preventing the spread of the disease.

Some STDs are spread skin-to-skin contact, not only by body fluids caught in a condom.

One in three of our teens who has sex will graduate from high school with a STD. As many as sixty percent of school populations are infected with serious infectious diseases.

AIDS cases among teens and young adults increased 77 percent..9000 cases of Aids have been reported among 13-24 year olds with thousands more readily infected with HIV.