"Some claim that condoms will cut down on the spread of many sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. However, a July 20, 2001 report from the National Institutes of Health, Scientific Evidence on Condom Effectiveness for Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, concluded that scientific evidence does not support condom use as a means to prevent infections of genital herpes (HSV), human papillomavirus, chlamydia, syphilis, chanchroid, and trichomonas (pages 20, 26, 17, 23, 21, 18 respectively). There is evidence of protection for men against gonorrhea, but not women (p.16)."
"The NIH report did say that consistent condom use decreased the
risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by about 85 percent (p.14). But that is
not very good for a uniformly fatal disease. Keep in mind that the other
diseases listed above may also be fatal. For instance, HPV can lead to
cervical cancer which kills more American women each year than HIV disease.2
The NIH study did not address other potentially fatal diseases such as
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C."
American Life League
"Condoms are not particularly effective when used to prevent pregnancy. In fact, condoms have failure rates of approximately 14 percent during the first year of typical use.6 And these failure rates are even higher in younger users."
"In addition, the scientific evidence shows that condoms may not prevent the transmission of most STDs. Consistent condom use (100%) reduces HIV risk by about 85%. For gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes and syphilis, consistent use reduces risk by 50% at most. Almost no risk reduction is provided for HPV infection;7,8 however, some data suggest that HPV-related conditions occur less commonly in condom users.9 Even in the best of situations, condoms cannot eliminate the risk of STD transmission."
"Delaying sexual activity until marriage with an uninfected spouse
is the only way for teens and single adults to avoid the risk of an STD
infection or a nonmarital pregnancy."
The
Medical Institute for Sexual Health