Abstinence-only programs don't lower HIV risk

MSNBC reports: NEW YORK - In high-income countries, programs that encourage abstinence from sex as the only method of preventing HIV infection are not effective in achieving this goal, findings from a review of trial data suggest. Religious ideology and conservative policy continue to prevent the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Only through honest and realistic dialogue about the transmission of HIV/AIDS will realistic solutions be implemented. Until stigmatizing factors such as race/gender/sexual orientation/sex work/drug-use continue to influence policy, people with HIV/AIDS will not get proper care and the transmission of the virus will rise.