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CDC's top laboratory on STDs is shut by Trump administration

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157 points pmags | 6 comments | 07 Apr 25 05:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.326s | source | bottom
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jqpabc123 ◴[07 Apr 25 06:24 UTC] No.43608411[source]▶
Is there some benefit here for Trump voters?

I don't see it.

But then again, I don't see how a trade war against the world is going to "Make America Great Again" either. It is much more likely to do the opposite.

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[07 Apr 25 06:55 UTC] No.43608588[source]▶
Promote Christian values; abortion is bad, and STDs have the stigma of promiscuous behaviour. Treating STDs and having abortions available encourages promiscuity.

(not my views, oversimplified take on fundamentalists and project 2025)

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2. milesrout ◴[07 Apr 25 07:24 UTC] No.43608782[source]▶
Isn't the simple answer to that question just to look at history?

It is no coincidence that the rising availability of contraception coincided with the swinging 60s.

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3. youngtaff ◴[07 Apr 25 07:28 UTC] No.43608798{3}[source]▶
And what contraception facilitated the orgies of Roman times?
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4. kelnos ◴[07 Apr 25 07:31 UTC] No.43608816[source]▶
If we look back in time we find that promiscuous behavior and dangerous back-alley abortions existed well before STI treatment and safe, legal abortions.

But no, I don't value "chastity" or -- to phrase it more accurately -- denying women control over what happens with their own bodies.

People should have lots of sex! Sex is great!

5. RealityVoid ◴[07 Apr 25 07:34 UTC] No.43608844{4}[source]▶
Silphium? /s
6. ahoef ◴[07 Apr 25 07:36 UTC] No.43608857{4}[source]▶
They did not follow modern Christian values. Sex was looked on differently, as was parenthood, and adoption.

Also, contraception did exist in those times.