LONDON (Reuters) - The lives of Roman Catholics in some of the countries worst hit by HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites) are being put at even greater risk by advice from their churches that the use of condoms does not prevent transmission of the disease.
If condoms cannot be absolutely guaranteed to block sperm, they stand even less chance of stopping the much smaller virus.
The Roman Catholic church opposes any form of artificial contraception -- particularly condoms, which it says promote promiscuity.
"The moral argument against the use of condoms is being superseded by a clinical argument which is flawed," said Steve Bradshaw, reporter on the BBC Panorama program "Sex and the Holy City" that will be aired in Britain on Sunday night.
I wonder if it will be the episode where Carrie and the girls do fleet week?
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