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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:59 PM Aug 2018

reich wingers efforts to stop/defund sex education classes have consequences

"The U.S. saw a record number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases in 2017, marking the fourth straight year of sharp increases in gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

"Since 2013, syphilis cases have risen 76 percent to 30,644, while gonorrhea diagnoses have increased 67 percent to 555,608. Chlamydia is the most commonly reported STD with almost 1.7 million cases in 2017, up from just over 1.4 million in 2013. Almost half of chlamydia cases were in girls and women ages 15 to 24."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-28/stds-hit-record-high-in-u-s-gonorrhea-poised-to-be-untreatable

Teaching abstinence only is not just unrealistic but dangerous!

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reich wingers efforts to stop/defund sex education classes have consequences (Original Post) Va Lefty Aug 2018 OP
Capitalism.... STD's are great for the economy. magicarpet Aug 2018 #1
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