The reason for the rise in STD’s in women between 2002 – 2007 is “difficult to pinpoint.” I guess it’s too hard for Dr. Katherine Hartmann to look at the other speed humps in this state regarding women’s reproductive health.
It’s not difficult to extrapolate that the problem lies in abstinence only education; conscience laws denying women the morning after pill and basic birth control. And then we have the more recent study linking religiosity to high teen birth rates, which we find this statement from researcher Joseph Strayhorn:
“We conjecture that religious communities in the U.S. are more successful in discouraging the use of contraception among their teenagers than they are in discouraging sexual intercourse itself.”
If young women and men are actively being encouraged not to use contraception (ie condoms) the rate of STD’s will also rise, along with the teen birth rate.
This, it seems to me, is a logical sequence: lack of education results in higher incidences of STD’s.
hey boys, don’t be silly, cover your willy!
