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News Briefs Mexican Bishops Attack First Lady for Advocating Condom Use Against AIDSMay 13, 2003 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! Leading Mexican clergy have attacked the country's first lady, Marta Sahagun, for advocating the use of condoms as protection against AIDS. In response to Sahagun's call Wednesday for people to have the moral courage to fight AIDS through educating people about safer sex, two Catholic bishops told the Reforma newspaper it was "depraved" to legitimize sexual liberty by advocating condom use. "In fact, many millions of people are infected with AIDS because of the propaganda surrounding condoms," said Jacinto Guerrero, the bishop of Tlaxcala. Despite Sahagun's position, the political party headed by her husband, President Vicente Fox, has dropped the word "condom" from its manifesto for legislative elections in July. Agence France Presse 05.09.03 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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