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by alexholehouse 5440 days ago
All this said, I think it's role is a not to be a "check if someone is clean for sexytime" test (incidentally, probably not a good tagline).

Instead, it's a cheap, easy and effective way to test people (especially pregnant women) so they can begin a medical regime, rather than not having any realistic means to test and risk further spread and health damage.

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Your comment sounds like someone saying at the advent of the pill that it was not about enabling promiscuity but about allowing wives to manage their family planning better.