New, Condom-Free Birth Control for Men Could Soon Be a Reality

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Sep 12, 2014 Soon, men may be able to shoulder the burden of contraception without the finality of vasectomy or the muss and fuss of condoms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Condoms That Feel Like Human Skin Could Save Lives

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 10, 2014 Thank the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the gold rush happening in the field of condom research. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex, Lies and Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2013 An undercover advocate from NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia recorded a conversation with a counselor at a crisis pregnancy center during which she was told, among other outrageous things, that condoms don’t protect against STDs, birth control pills increase the risk of breast cancer, and -- brace yourself -- she would encounter her aborted child’s soul in the future. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Gates Will Pay You as Much as $1 Million for a Better Condom

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 Condoms are cheap and effective, but they also diminish sexual pleasure, and that gets in the way of lifesaving. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condom Crackdown Subverts HIV Prevention Efforts

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 19, 2012 Women who carry around condoms -- including sex workers who use them to protect themselves from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases -- are being criminalized in cities across the United States, as police agencies view possession of prophylactics as evidence of prostitution. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Porn Industry May Quit L.A. Over Condom Policy

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2012 We will do our utmost to report this story without cheesy double entendres. Here goes: Southern California is associated with various people, places and phenomena -- Hollywood, spray tans and bottle blondes, beachside homelessness, that stretch of the 101 highway that's always featured in car commercial, and porn, to name a few. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Berlusconi Protesters Have a Few Tricks Up Their Sleeve

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2011 Following a long-standing tradition of creative Italian resistance, activists are planning to adorn Silvio Berlusconi’s villa with condoms, as well as performing parodies set to the soundtrack of “Grease,” to protest the prime minister’s most recent alleged sexual escapades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Pope’s Progress

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Dec 4, 2010 Now, can millions of Catholics around the world be free to use condoms and worship God? Can thousands of priests and others free their tongues and hands to help fight the scourge of AIDS and not worry about the “evil” of condom use?Finally, Pope Benedict XVI has opened the theological door to affirming condom use to help stem the spread of HIV in the world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

More Big Condom News From the Pope

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2010 Now there's a headline we didn't count on writing anytime soon, at least not with this news under it: Pope Benedict XVI followed his surprising words about male prostitutes and condoms with a clarification, according to one Father Federico Lombardi (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pope Knows Condoms

Olle Johansson, Sweden Nov 22, 2010 Dig deeper

Put a Lid on It

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Condom With ‘Teeth’ Sticks It to Rapists

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2010 Sigmund Freud famously wrote about the fabled "vagina dentata," or toothed vagina -- a symbol of terror and fascination embedded in the folklore of many a culture Now, a South African doctor has taken that idea (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )