There has been a major increase in sexually transmitted infections in the province.
Otherwise easily prevented infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea have increased locally—in some cases, by more than a hundred per cent.
Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Nikki Baldwin told VOCM Open Line with Paddy Daly that it’s a combination of lack of education for all ages on preventable STIs and condoms becoming less popular than they once were.
She says kids today just don’t like condoms, and that’s reflected in media.
Baldwin says they’re still handing out 15,000 free condoms a year, but with advances in birth control and no push in education, many people feel they no longer need them.
