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Condom Label Flap Stirs Controversy
By Janice BillingsleyHealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Saying they are reacting t
a !ush "y ac nser#ati#e legislat r t $%iscre%it$ c n% &s, a gr
u! ' e !erts in c ntrace!ti n an%re!r %ucti#e health gathere% in
New Y r *ity +e%nes%ay t clari'y ust what c n% &s canan% cann t
% in !re#enting unwante% !regnancy an% se ually trans&itte%
%iseases
* n% &s % a great " in !r tecting se ually acti#e !e !le 'r
& c ntracting H./ an%uninten%e% !regnancy, the e !erts sai%
They als re%uce ris s ' r g n rrhea in'ecti n in&en
H we#er, they are less e''ecti#e in !re#enting ther se ually
trans&itte% %iseases, sai%e !erts at the !ress "rie'ing, which
was s! ns re% "y the Alan utt&acher .nstitute, a
+ashingt n-"ase% n n-!r 'it ' cuse% n re!r %ucti#e health
research an% ! licy
*lari'ying what c n% &s % well is es!ecially i&! rtant
right n w, the e !erts sai%, "ecausethere is a gr wing su!! rt ' r
a"stinence- nly !r gra&s that % wn!lay the i&! rtance 'c n%
& use
S!earhea%ing that & #e&ent is Re!u"lican Sen T & *
"urn, an 1 lah &a % ct r wh in2000 s! ns re% a "ill re uiring
that the 4DA &an%ate & re s!eci'ic, $&e%ically
accurate$c n% & la"eling That e'' rt has als "een su!! rte% "y
gr u!s such as the a"stinence-su!! rting 5e%ical .nstitute ' r Se
ual Health 1n June 67, * "urn ann unce% he w ul%"l c the a!!
int&ent ' n &inee 8ester *raw' r% as new 4DA c
&&issi ner until *raw' r%!le%ge% t &a e these la"eling
changes -- a stance !! se% "y &any at +e%nes%ay9s
c n'erence
Reacting t critics wh ha#e charge% that the senat r9s stance is
!art ' a wi%er crusa%eagainst se utsi%e ' &arriage, * "urn9s s!
es&an J hn Hart t l% the Associated Press +e%nes%ay that the
senat r9s nly c ncern is that c n% & la"eling "e change% t
state their$e''ecti#eness r lac ' e''ecti#eness in !re#enting STDs
$
:ut the e !erts gathere% in New Y r w rry that these ty!es '
changes will un%er&ine!u"lic c n'i%ence in a si&!le, !
tentially li'esa#ing !r %uct
$There are a re&ar a"le nu&"er ' !e !le wh say that c n%
&s % n9t w r , an% y u ha#ethe esta"lish&ent !ushing the
sa&e &essage, "ut right n w they9re all we ha#e t
re%uce
the ris ' H./,$ sai% 8 ri Heise, a %irect r ' the l "al
*a&!aign ' r 5icr "ici%es, a n n-!r 'it c aliti n ' 200
rgani;ati ns su!! rting research int H./ !r tecti n
*urrent c n% & la"eling rea%s $.' use% !r !erly, late c n%
&s will hel! t re%uce the ris' trans&issi n ' H./ in'ecti n
(A.DS) an% &any ther se ually trans&itte% %iseases $
5any
"ran%s als n te that c n% &s are highly e''ecti#e in
!re#enting unwante% !regnancy
$* n% &s % n9t % e#erything,$ sai% Ja&es Trussell,
%irect r '
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are th ught t greatly raise a w &an9s ris ' r cer#ical
cancer : th H, an% the e !erts rec &&en%e% that!e !le a# i%
using c n% &s c ntaining N->, as well 5any c n% &
&anu'acturers ha#est !!e% selling N-> !r %ucts, the e !erts
sai%, alth ugh the ! !ular Tr an an% 8i'estyle"ran%s still &a e
!r %ucts c ntaining the s!er&ici%e
ay &en cann t sa'ely use N-> "ecause ' the %a&age t
the rectu&, "ut w &en wh use itnce %aily r less can still
sa'ely use the s!er&ici%e, Heise a%#ise%
1#erall, there is a tre&en% us nee% ' r accurate in'
r&ati n a" ut c ntrace!ti n an%!r tecti n against STDs, sai% Dr
?atharine 19* nnell, a gynec l gist at New Y r *ity9s* lu&"ia
Uni#ersity 5e%ical *enter
$.9& a&a;e% "y the lac ' e%ucati n @a& ng w &en
a" ut "irth c ntr l ð %s, wh get& re in' r&ati n 'r
& 'rien%s an% the .nternet than 'r & % ct rs,$ sai% 19*
nnell $.9#e ha%!atients wh thin a %ia!hrag& !r tects against
!regnancy an% H./B that c n% &s last' re#erB an% that "irth c
ntr l !ills cause cancer an% in'ertility $
$The "est ð % ' c ntrace!ti n is ne that 'its int their
li'estyle, an% that they will usec nsistently an% e''ecti#ely,$ she
sai%
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