Large portion of U.S. population has a sexually transmitted infection.

In February, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two new studies aimed at providing “an in-depth look at the severe human and economic burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States. CDC’s new [conservative] estimates show that there are about 20 million new infections in the United States each year, costing the American healthcare system nearly $16 billion in direct medical costs alone [emphasis ours]” (CDC, February 2013).

One of the new, statistically representative studies estimates that there are 110 million STI infections in the U.S.—the greatest affected population being that of young adults (ibid.). Several of the most prevalent STI’s lead to sterility (the inability to have children) in both men and women if not treated early. Interestingly, virtually all STI’s are preventable if just one of the Ten Commandments were kept in full—not committing adultery or fornication (Exodus 20:14).

Additionally, God warned that because the Israelite-descended nations would reject Him and His laws at the end of the age, their ability to bear children would be cursed (Deuteronomy 28:18; Hosea 9:14). Sexually transmitted infections are just one way that people can be cursed with infertility—and are the result of sexual sin.

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