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AFA ActivismAction Alert - July 30, 2001CDC Director Dr. Jeffrey Koplan Should Be ReplacedAFA Joins Focus on the Family, Physicians Consortium and others in calling for the resignation and replacement of Jeffrey Koplan, the CDC director.
American Family Association joins Focus on the Family and groups representing 10,000 physicians in charging the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with covering up vital information on the ineffectiveness of condoms and calling for the resignation and replacement of Jeffrey Koplan, the CDC Director. A news conference was held last week in Washington, D.C., at which Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., former Rep. Tom Coburn and representatives from the Physicians Consortium and the Catholic Medical Society discussed a recently released Health and Human Services Department report from a task force that examined condom efficacy. Family News In Focus gave the following report of the news conference: “The report we’re gathered today to discuss, I believe, is a (condemnation) of the safe-sex message,” Rep. Weldon said at the time. “There is no such thing as ‘safe sex.’” Dr. Tom Coburn, a recently retired congressman and physician from Oklahoma, also spoke out: “It’s time to be truthful with the American public.” Coburn said the Centers for Disease Control had withheld vital information about condom effectiveness, causing a generation of young people to engage in risky behavior. “This is not about whether or not people should use condoms,” he said. “This is about whether or not people ought to be told the truth about how effective they are and how well they work.” According to Dr. Elida Eck, a physician who spoke out at the news conference, the truth about condoms is simple. “Condoms don’t work against chlamydia,” Eck said flatly. “They don’t work against HPV or genital herpes.” Said Dr. John Diggs, a member of the Physicians Consortium from Boston: “I am appalled and extremely disappointed to find that the CDC has opted not to inform the American public of facts and data that they have known for a long time.” The CDC has not responded directly to the charges, saying only in a statement that more study is needed. Planned Parenthood, meantime, continues to promote the use of condoms as “one of the best methods we have to prevent infection.” The statement is followed by an acknowledgement that abstinence remains the most effective method. FOR MORE INFORMATION: The Truth About Condoms Two Congressmen and two medical associations take the CDC to task for misinformation about condoms and STDs. Scientific Review Panel Confirms Condoms Are Effective Against HIV/AIDS, But Epidemiological Studies Are Insufficient for Other STDs Read the original HHS press release. The Physicians Consortium Response To read the Physicians Consortium news release from Tuesday’s news conference: An Open Letter to Tommy Thompson Read a response from physician and former Congressman Tom Coburn. Abstinence-Only Philosophy Finds Friend in White House Read the AgapePress story NIH casts doubt on condom effectiveness From the Christian Medical and Dental Society ACTION NEEDEDPlease contact HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and politely ask that he demand the resignation of CDC Director Dr. Jeffrey Koplan.Secretary Tommy Thompson The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Phone (202) 619-0257 Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775 Fax: (202) 690-7203
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