First the news:
Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced Saturday, September 16 new legislation she is proposing that would allow condoms to be distributed in prisons in an effort to prevent sexually transmitted infections…
…Lee welcomed the panelists and organizations present, and spoke about her two new pieces of HIV/AIDS legislation – H.R. 2553, the Responsible Education About Life Act, and the Stop STIs in Prisons Act.
H.R. 2553 will create a grant program that allows states (currently prohibited from receiving federal funding for sexual education and prevention programs that do not adhere to the Bush administration’s mandated abstinence-only-until-marriage doctrine) “to implement a comprehensive approach to sex education that includes information about both contraception and abstinence.”
The Stop STIs in Prisons Act will allow community organizations to distribute condoms in U.S. prisons, where the rates of HIV and hepatitis C infections are on the rise.(more…)
This is one of those few topics that I feel free to discuss here, but I know how raw (graphic) I can be with it. While I’m still thinking this one over, if you have an opinion please share.
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September 22nd, 2006 at 6:17 am
This has got to be the worst bill ever put before any government!
What is this going to accomplish? I guess this is the old “they are doing it anyway” approach to a problem.
September 25th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Guess my post never got up on the board. I think handing out condoms actually addresses that 800lbs. gorilla sitting in the cell. Everyone knows it’s happening, everyone knows that unprotected anal sex is a high risk behavior with regard to contracting HIV or other blood bourne diseases. I think each prisoner should get a months supply, each and every month. I’m sure it’s cheaper than anti-virals, or a liver transplant.