Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms, should both note that the intervention that has tested most cost-effective in Africa is neither... Secular bleeding hearts and religious bleeding hearts will have to forge a common cause. Nicholas D. Kristof
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The most effective intervention for stopping the spread of HIV is prevention with condoms. However, religious groups have many objections to that type of behavior. While the religious are using their religion to try to stop the use of condoms there are those who are using their religion to actually promote condom use. The best way to stop the spread of HIV is to give people information about how to prevent it.

This way, all people can make an informed decision about their sexual behavior.

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