Waxman Waxes Foolish...Again

[mlchance]

In what is becoming an annual holiday tradition, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA), using taxpayer funds, released a “report” attacking sound scientific practices, with no regard for the lives that could be put at risk. Last year Congressman Waxman, in his position as ranking member of the House Government Reform Committee, had his staff compile a mistake-laden report accusing the Bush administration of politicizing science. In an ironic move, this year’s Waxman Report attacks abstinence education in the schools, and it would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. Waxman attacks abstinence curriculums, displaying his disdain for protecting our youth.

At one point, his report disputes any connection between abortion and infertility, ignoring a Washington Post story from February 2003 that directly links the two. The Waxman Report goes on to state that condom use is effective 97 percent of the time. This figure is deadly wrong, and dangerous to our nation’s youth and women. There are numerous sexually transmitted diseases that condoms do not prevent, including the human papilloma virus, the leading cause of cervical cancer. If Rep. Waxman truly wanted an objective evaluation of abstinence-until-marriage education, he would have called for a bipartisan study rather than release a biased report written by his own untrained staff.

– Mark L. Chance.

 

[HagiaSophia]

The Waxman Report goes on to state that condom use is effective 97 percent of the time. This figure is deadly wrong, and dangerous to our nation’s youth and women. There are numerous sexually transmitted diseases that condoms do not prevent, including the human papilloma virus, the leading cause of cervical cancer. If Rep. Waxman truly wanted an objective evaluation of abstinence-until-marriage education, he would have called for a bipartisan study rather than release a biased report written by his own untrained staff.

A few years back one of the priests from our parish offered Q&A sessions for young people and at that time his material showed that condoms fail approx. 1/3 of the time; so he mentioned this in his talks and asked the young people…

“If you have relations with someone who has HIV and knew that 1/3 of the time condoms won’t do the job - how willing are you?” Not one hand ever went up.