Abstinence and faithfulness more effective

  A deadly virus is sweeping through nations, killing millions, and if people don’t want to catch it, they must consider changing their sexual behavior, a Harvard researcher told Baptist Press. The public health establishment, meanwhile, has failed to recognize the obvious in assessing AIDS prevention methods because it fears endorsing a perceived religious conservatism related to abstinence and faithfulness, Edward C. Green, a research scientist at Harvard University and author of “Rethinking AIDS Prevention,” said. “It’s so insane that [abstinence and faithfulness] has not been part of the advice from the beginning,” Green said. The U.S. Agency for International […]

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