HPV Human Papilloma Virus

CONDOM-RESISTANT HPV EPIDEMIC IN ONTARIO TORONTO

Sept 6, 2000  - The human papilloma virus, responsible for 90% of all cases of cervical cancer in women, has reached epidemic proportions in Ontario with nearly one in four women 15-24 being infected and one in five teens from 15 to 19 years of age. A study, published in yesterday's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal notes that of the 995 women tested, the prevalence rate dropped drastically for older women so that only 3.4 percent of women 45 to 49 years old were found with HPV. The results are a sign for some that the massive "safe sex" drive over the last twenty years has been more harmful than expected, especially since cervical cancer affects 500,000 women worldwide annually, and it is the second-leading cause of death from cancer among women. The National Post reports that Statistics Canada indicates that approximately 400 Canadian women die from cervical cancer annually, with 1,300 new cases diagnosed each year. "Sexual abstinence would be the only way to prevent HPV," experts are forced to admit. LifeSite reported August 4th on astonishingly similar results of a U.S. report that that HPV is the leading STD in the United States. The National Post issued an editorial today noting that while over 400 women die yearly from cervical cancer, by comparison, only a dozen Canadian women die from AIDS. The editorial asks: Now that HPV has emerged as a deadly, condom-defeating disease, will sex education be adjusted accordingly?

 See the study in the CMAJ at:

http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20000905/389607.html

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It is estimated that HPV affects 24 million Americans and is the cause of over 90 percent of all cervical cancer, the number two cause of cancer deaths among women. Yet, this STD is relatively unknown. In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey, only 1 percent of teens aged 15-17 and adults aged 18-44 could name HPV as an STD, and only 30 percent of them were aware that HPV is incurable. According to the National Cancer Institute, condoms do not guard against HPV. So, why do organizations like Planned Parenthood promote condoms as a so-called “safe sex” method?