The Epidemic of
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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An STD Epidemic

By Dr. Ray Bohlin

According to Dr. Ray Bohlin, "Sexually Transmitted Diseases (or STDs) are at unprecedented and epidemic proportions. Thirty years of the sexual revolution is paying an ugly dividend... what must be done if we are to save a majority of the next generation from the shame, infertility, and sometimes death, that may result from STDs."

The information below that he shares is "from data gathered by the Medical Institute for Sexual Health out of Austin, Texas.(1) All of these statistics are readily available from reputable medical and scientific journals."

"Today, there are approximately 25 STDs. A few can be fatal. Many women are living in fear of what their future may hold as a result of STD infection. It is estimated that 1 in 5 Americans between the ages of 15 and 55 are currently infected with one or more STDs, and 12 million Americans are newly infected each year. That's nearly 5% of the entire population of the U.S. Of these new infections, 63% are in people less than 25 years old.

This epidemic is a recent phenomenon. Some young people have parents who may have had multiple sexual partners with relative impunity. They may conclude that they too are safe from disease.

However, most of these diseases were not around 20 to 30 years ago.

Prior to 1960, there were only two significant sexually transmitted diseases: syphilis and gonorrhea. Both were easily treatable with antibiotics.

In the sixties and seventies this relatively stable situation began to change. For example, in 1976, chlamydia first appeared in increasing numbers in the United States. Chlamydia, particularly dangerous to women, is now the most common STD in the country.

Then in 1981, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus which causes AIDS, was identified. By early 1993, between 1 and 2 million Americans were infected with AIDS, over 12 million were infected worldwide, and over 160,000 had died in the U.S. alone.

Over 10% of the total U.S. population, 30 million people, are infected with herpes.

In 1985, human papilloma virus (HPV), began to increase. This virus will result in venereal warts and will often lead to deadly cancers. In 1990, penicillin resistant-strains of gonorrhea were present in all fifty states.

By 1992 syphilis was at a 40-year high. As of 1993, pelvic inflammatory disease (PIV), which is almost always caused by gonorrhea or chlamydia, was affecting 1 million new women each year. This includes 16,000 to 20,000 teenagers. This complication causes pelvic pain and infertility and is the leading cause of hospitalization for women, apart from pregnancy, during the childbearing years.

Pelvic inflammatory disease can result in scarred fallopian tubes which block the passage of a fertilized egg. The fertilized egg, therefore, cannot pass on to the uterus and the growing embryo will cause the tube to rupture.

By 1990, there was a 400% increase in tubal pregnancies, most of which were caused by STDs. Even worse is the fact that 80% of those infected with an STD don't know it and will unwittingly infect their next sexual partner. "

The Medical Facts of STDs
Syphilis is a terrible infection. In its first stage, the infected individual may be lulled into thinking there is little wrong since the small sore will disappear in 2 to 8 weeks. The second and third stages are progressively worse and can eventually lead to brain, heart, and blood vessel damage if not diagnosed and treated. The saddest part is that syphilis is 100% curable with penicillin, yet there is now more syphilis than since the late 1940s, and it is spreading rapidly.

Chlamydia, a disease which only became common in the mid-1970s, infects 20 to 40% of some sexually active groups including teenagers. In men, chlamydia is usually less serious; with females, however, the infection can be devastating. An acute chlamydia infection in women will result in pain, fever, and damage to female organs. A silent infection can damage a woman's fallopian tubes without her ever knowing it. A single chlamydia infection can result in a 25% chance of infertility. With a second infection, the chance of infertility rises to 50%. This is double the risk of gonorrhea.

The human papilloma virus, or HPV, is an extremely common STD. One study reported that at the University of California, Berkeley, 46% of the sexually active coeds were infected with HPV. Another study reported that 38% of the sexually active females between the ages of 13 and 21 were infected. HPV is the major cause of venereal warts; it can be an extremely difficult problem to treat and may require expensive procedures such as laser surgery.

The human papilloma virus can result in precancer or cancer of the genitalia. By causing cancer of the cervix, this virus is killing more women in this country than AIDS, or over 4,600 women in 1991. HPV can also result in painful intercourse for years after infection even though other visible signs of disease have disappeared.

And of course there is the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The first few cases of AIDS were only discovered in 1981; now, in the U.S. alone, there are between 1 and 2 million infected with this disease. As far as we know, all of these people will die in the next ten years. As of early 1993, 160,000 had already died.

A 1991 study at the University of Texas at Austin showed that 1 in 100 students who had blood drawn for any reason at the university health center was HIV infected. While the progress of the disease is slow for many people, all who have the virus will be infected for the rest of their life. There is no cure, and many researchers are beginning to despair of ever coming up with a cure or even a vaccine (as was eventually done with polio).

In 1992, 1 in 75 men was infected with HIV and 1 in 700 women. But the number of women with AIDS is growing. In the early years of the epidemic less than 2% of the AIDS cases were women. Now the percentage is 12%.

The medical reasons for teens' high susceptibility to STDs specifically relates to females. The cervix of a teenage girl has a lining which produces mucus that is a great growth medium for viruses and bacteria. As a girl reaches her 20s or has a baby, this lining is replaced with a tougher, more resistant lining. Also during the first two years of menstruation, 50% of the periods occur with-out ovulation. This will produce a more liquid mucus which also grows bacteria and viruses very well. A 15-year-old girl has a 1-in-8 chance of developing pelvic inflammatory disease simply by having sex, whereas a 24-year-old woman has only a 1- in-80 chance in that situation. 

Teenagers do not always respond to antibiotic treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease, and occasionally such teenage girls require a hysterectomy. Teenage infertility is also an increasing problem. In 1965, only 3.6% of the married couples between ages 20 and 24 were infertile; by 1982, that figure had nearly tripled to 10.6%. The infertility rate is surely higher than that now with the alarming spread of chlamydia.

Teenagers are also more susceptible to human papilloma virus, HPV. Rates of HPV infection in teenagers can be as high as 40%, whereas in the adult population, the rate is less than 15%. Teenagers are also more likely than adults to develop precancerous growths as a result of HPV infection, and they are more likely to develop pelvic inflammatory disease. 

Apart from the increased risk from STDs in teens, teenage pregnancy is also at unprecedented levels, over 1 million pregnancies, and 400,000 abortions in 1985. Abortion is not a healthy procedure for anyone to undergo, especially a teenager. It is far better to have not gotten pregnant. Oral contraceptives are not as effective with teenagers, mainly because teens are more apt to forget to take the pill. Over a one-year period, as many as 9 to 18% of teenage girls using oral contraceptives become pregnant.

Our teenagers are at great risk. In a society that has abandoned God's design for healthy meaningful sexual expression within marriage, our children need to be told the truth about the dangers of STDs.

Is "Safe Sex" Really the Answer?
I must now take a hard look at the message of "safe sex" which is being taught to teens at school and through the media across the country.

Some people believe that if teens can be taught how to use contraception and condoms effectively, that rates of pregnancy and STD infection will be reduced dramatically. But the statistics and common sense tell us otherwise. At Rutgers University, the rates of infection of students with STD varied little with the form of contraception used. For example, 35 to 44% of the sexually active students were infected with one or more STDs whether they used no contraceptive, oral contraceptive, the diaphragm, or condoms. It is significant to note that condoms, the hero of the "safe sex" message, provided virtually no protection from STDs. 

Will condoms prevent HIV infection, the virus that causes AIDS? While it is better than nothing, the bottom line is that condoms cannot be trusted. A study from Florida looked at couples where one individual was HIV positive and the other was negative. They used condoms as protection during intercourse. Obviously these couples would be highly motivated to use the condoms properly, yet after 18 months, 17% of the previously uninfected partners were now HIV positive. That is a one-in-six chance, the same as in Russian roulette. Not good odds!

Condoms do not even provide 100% protection for the purpose for which they were designed: prevention of pregnancy. One study from the School of Medicine Family Planning Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania reported that 25% of patients using condoms as birth control conceived over a one-year period. Other studies indicate that the rate of accidental pregnancy from condom-protected intercourse is around 15% with married couples and 36% for unmarried couples. 

Condoms are inherently untrustworthy. The FDA allows one in 250 to be defective. Condoms are often stored and shipped at unsafe temperatures which weakens the integrity of the latex rubber causing breaks and ruptures. Condoms will break 8% of the time and slip off 7% of the time.

There are just so many pitfalls in condom use that you just can't expect immature teenagers to use them properly. And even if they do, they are still at risk. 

Studies are beginning to show that school-based sex education that includes condom use as the central message does not work. A study in a major pediatric journal concluded that "the available evidence indicates that there is little or no effect from school-based sex-education on sexual activity, contraception, or teenage pregnancy."(2) This study evaluated programs that emphasized condoms. Over $3 billion dollars has been spent on sex- education programs emphasizing condoms with little or no effect! In addition, programs that emphasize condoms tend to give a false sense of security to sexually active students and make those students who are not having sex feel abnormal. Hardly the desired result!

The list of damages from unmarried adolescent sexual activity is long indeed. Apart from the threat to physical health and fertility, there is damage to family relationships, self-confidence and emotional health, spiritual health, and future economic opportunities due to unplanned pregnancy. Condom-based sex-education does not work.

Saving Sex for Marriage is the Common Sense Solution.
I have been discussing the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases that is running rampant in this country and around the world. Diseases such as chlamydia, human papilloma virus, herpes, hepatitis B, trichomonas, pelvic inflammatory disease, and AIDS have joined syphilis and gonorrhea in just the last 30 years. There is no question that the fruits of the sexual revolution, or sexual convulsion as one author put it, have been devastating.

I have also shown how our teenagers are at a greater risk for sexually transmitted diseases than are adults and that sex-education based on condom use is ineffective and misleading. There is only one message that offers health, hope, and joy to today's teenagers. We need to teach single people to save intercourse for marriage. 

Sex is a wonderful gift, but if uncontrolled, it has a great capacity for evil as well as good. Our bodies were not made to have multiple sex partners. Almost all risk of STD and out of wedlock pregnancy can be avoided by saving intercourse for marriage. And it can be done.

Statistics show clearly that in schools that teach a sex education program that emphasizes saving intercourse for marriage, the teen pregnancy rate drops dramatically in as little as one year. In San Marcos, California, a high school used a federally funded program ("Teen Aid") which emphasizes saving intercourse until marriage. Before using the program there were 147 pregnancies out of 600 girls. Within two years, the number of pregnancies plummeted to 20 out of 600 girls.(3) In Jessup, Georgia, upon instituting the "Sex Respect" program, the number of pregnancies out of 340 female students dropped from 17 to 13 to 11 to 3 in successive years.

Delaying intercourse until teens are older is not a naive proposal. Over 50% of the females and 40% of the males ages 15 to 19 have not had intercourse. While not a majority, they are living proof that teens can control their sexual desires. Current condom-based sex-education programs basically teach teenagers that they cannot control their sexual desires, and that they must use condoms to protect themselves. It is not a big leap from teenagers being unable to control their sexual desires to being unable to control their hate, greed, anger, and prejudice. This is not the right message for our teenagers!

Teenagers are willing to discipline themselves for things they want and desire and are convinced are beneficial. Girls get up early for drill team practice. Boys train in the off-season with weights to get stronger for athletic competition. Our teens can also be disciplined in their sexual lives if they have the right information to make logical choices. Saving sex for marriage is the common sense solution. In fact, it is the only solution. We don't hesitate to tell our kids not to use drugs, and most don't. We tell our kids it's unhealthy to smoke, and most do not. We tell our kids not to use marijuana, and most do not. 

It is normal and healthy not to have sex until marriage. Sexually transmitted diseases are so common that it is not an exaggeration to say that most people who regularly have sex outside of marriage will contract a sexually transmitted disease. Not only is saving sex for marriage the only real hope for sexual health, it is God's design. God has said that our sexuality is to blossom within the confines of a mutually faithful monogamous relationship. What we are seeing today is the natural consequence of disobedience. We need to reeducate our kids not just in what is best, but in what is right.

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Notes
1. Medical Institute for Sexual Health, P.O. Box 4919, Austin, TX 78765.
2. I.W. Stout, et al., Pediatrics, 1989, 83:376-79. 3. Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., Safe Sex (Grand Rapids, Michigan; Baker Book House, 1991), p. 86.
© 1993 Probe Ministries International "

High Risk Of HPV Causes Several Types Of Cancer

There are two types, 16 and 18 that are not responsible for about 10% of all cases.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Division Of Public Health Services

1999-2013

CANCER SITE    NUMBER OF CASES    NMBER POSSIBLY CASUED BY HPV

Anus                                            309                                                          281

Oropharynx                                954                                                          687

Cervix                                         624                                                          568

Vagina                                          49                                                            37

Valva                                          248                                                          171

Penis                                             67                                                            42

TOTAL                                   2,257                                                       1,786             

TODAY'S BREAKING NEWS ALERT:

"MEDICAL ETHICS JOURNAL CONDEMNS COVER-UP OF HPV VACCINE ADVERSE REACTIONS"

BY HEALTH IMPACT NEWS EDITOR
JUNE 25, 2018

"Once again, we must turn to sources outside the U.S. to get an honest perspective on the Gardasil HPV vaccine controversy. One doctor who formerly worked for the vaccine manufacturer Merck predicted that Gardasil would become “the greatest medical scandal of all time.”

You won’t read any of this in the U.S. corporate-sponsored “mainstream” media, however. The only view allowed is that there is no controversy regarding the HPV vaccine, and any journalist that dares to question this view will be viciously attacked and probably lose their career.

A recently published article in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics highlights the medical ethics that were violated in bringing this vaccine to market. As a result, many young people today are being permanently disabled or even dying from the adverse reactions to this vaccine."

"Dr. Dalbergue, a former pharmaceutical industry physician with Gardasil manufacturer Merck, was interviewed in the April 2014 issue of the French magazine Principes de Santé (Health Principles).

Excerpts:

The full extent of the Gardasil scandal needs to be assessed: everyone knew when this vaccine was released on the American market that it would prove to be worthless!  Diane Harper, a major opinion leader in the United States, was one of the first to blow the whistle, pointing out the fraud and scam of it all.

Gardasil is useless and costs a fortune!  In addition, decision-makers at all levels are aware of it!

Cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, paralysis of the lower limbs, vaccine-induced MS and vaccine-induced encephalitis can be found, whatever the vaccine.

I predict that Gardasil will become the greatest medical scandal of all times because at some point in time, the evidence will add up to prove that this vaccine, technical and scientific feat that it may be, has absolutely no effect on cervical cancer and that all the very many adverse effects which destroy lives and even kill, serve no other purpose than to generate profit for the manufacturers.

There is far too much financial interest for these medicines to be withdrawn.

As we have reported in many previous articles here at Health Impact News, the HPV vaccine has become a huge international controversy, while enjoying widespread mainstream media and medical acceptance here in the United States. Any mainstream media reporter who dares to report on the controversy surrounding Gardasil faces ridicule and a potential loss of their career. (Just ask Katie Couric.)"

"Popular news broadcaster, Katie Couric, interviewed  the mother of a young lady who died after receiving the Gardasil vaccine, as well as one of the lead doctors who conducted clinical trials for Merck, on her day-time talk show, Wednesday, December 4th. She also interviewed another mother and daughter who have been affected by the vaccine. (Videos below)

That a major network allowed something negative about vaccines to be aired is quite rare. If you visit the Katie Couric website to read about the show, however, you will find nothing in print that is negative regarding the Gardasil vaccine, but instead you will find an article by a physician recommending the vaccine, as well as links to the CDC, which of course, is pro-vaccine. Even when you watch the videos below, you will see pop-up messages from social media by people supposedly stating they received the vaccine and nothing bad happened to them.

The issues communicated in the show regarding the Gardasil vaccine, which are readily available online and not new, are probably less significant than how the mainstream media responded to the show. Attacks on Katie Couric for talking to a parent of a child who died from vaccine injuries, and a physician who was involved in bringing the vaccine to market, clearly show the mainstream media bias and censorship that still exists regarding vaccines.

Alexandra Sifferlin, writing for Time Magazine, was one of the first to publish a hit piece: Is Katie Couric The Next Jenny McCarthy? A former Playboy Bunny spreading misinformation is bad enough.

Here are some excerpts from this Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism graduate:

There is no “HPV Vaccine Controversy.” At least, not when it comes to the injection’s safety. And yet, that was the title of the lead segment on Katie Couric’s daytime talk show, “Katie,” this afternoon. 

The bottom line is that there is no scientific evidence that the HPV vaccine causes adverse effects beyond normal vaccine side effects, such as dizziness, nausea, and pain and redness at the injection site.

The damage a former Playboy Bunny has been able to do is bad enough. But Couric’s misdeeds are all the worse given that she’s taken much more seriously than Jenny McCarthy.

Sifferlin’s treatment of the subject is very typical of mainstream media’s coverage of vaccines. The rules of investigative journalism do not apply. For them, it is a closed issue: vaccines are proven to be safe and effective by science, and to suggest otherwise puts one on par with a mass murder.

And that’s almost exactly how Michael Hiltzik of the LA Times described it, taking some time off from defending Obamacare and getting in his hit piece: Katie Couric puts the anti-vaccination movement into the mainstream

The anti-vaccination movement has long since become a public menace. It’s responsible for the resurgence of numerous serious diseases that were on the decline, including measles, mumps, and whooping cough.

Now the movement has been given a big booster shot by Katie Couric, who devoted a large portion of her daily talk show Wednesday to some highly emotional and scientifically dubious claims by critics of Gardasil, a leading vaccine for human papillomavirus, or HPV.

Again, Hiltzik perfectly exemplifies the media bias towards vaccines and that the investigative principles of journalism do not apply:

To be fair, Couric announced at the outset of the segment that she’d had her own two daughters immunized against HPV. The segment also featured a pediatric expert advising that the HPV vaccine is the best tool we have for the early prevention of HPV infection and therefore for safeguarding against its possible consequences, which include cervical cancer in women and other cancers in men. 

But those portions of the show had the flavor of “balance,” presented to stave off accusations of pandering to ignorance. The real punch of the show was its portrayal of HPV vaccination as “controversial.” Couric led the segment off by declaring that “some people say the risk (of the vaccine) may outweigh the benefits, and there are claims that it could be dangerous or in a handful of cases, even deadly….We want to keep our kids safe, but is  the vaccine the way to go?” Merely to ask the questions is to validate them. (Emphasis added).

Did you catch that last sentence: “Merely to ask the questions is to validate them.” The topic of vaccines is exempt from regular investigative journalism, and if you ask the wrong questions, expect to be attacked just for asking the question. The public does not deserve such information – journalists know better.

So Katie Couric gets attacked for “asking the wrong questions.” Can you imagine what would have happened if she had truly reported the facts regarding Gardasil that are so readily available in countries outside of the U.S., or in the alternative media on the Internet?  It is still very unlikely that her network producers would have allowed such basic facts as these to be broadcast:

• Documents Obtained by Judicial Watch Reveal 200 Claims Filed for HPV Vaccine Injuries and Deaths
• Japan Halts HPV Vaccine and Begins Full-Scale Probe over Safety Issues
• Sanofi sued in France over Gardasil Vaccine Causing MS
• Study: HPV Vaccine Linked to Premature Menopause in Young Girls
• India Questions Efficacy and Safety of HPV Vaccine Amid Allegations of Ethical Violations

How about the fact that Julie Gerberding was in charge of the CDC from 2002 to 2009, which includes the years the FDA approved Gardasil as a vaccine, and then resigned from the CDC on January 20, 2009, and is now the president of Merck’s Vaccine division?

How about the fact that the U.S. government makes royalties from the HPV vaccines? In November 2010, Dr. Eric Suba submitted a Freedom of Information Request to the Office of Government Information Services to discover the amount of money the U.S government earns from Merck’s sale of Gardasil. But apparently the government is immune from revealing those figures, as you can read for yourself the response Dr. Suba received here.

No, the mainstream media is not upset at Katie Couric for covering those facts, because she didn’t. They’re just upset that she asked the wrong questions.

U.S. law prevents anyone from suing Merck or any other vaccine manufacturer as the U.S. Congress gave them total immunity from civil lawsuits in 1986, and that legal protection which gives them a free pass to put as many vaccines into the market as they want to, was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011. In addition, the National Institute of Health receives royalties from the sales of Gardasil. So don’t expect objective, true information from the U.S. mainstream media, or your U.S. doctor.

But Merck does not have the same legal protection outside the U.S., and it is here we must find information regarding lawsuits over injuries and deaths related to Gardasil."

For full story: HEALTH IMPACT NEWS - MEDICAL ETHICS JOURNAL CONDEMNS COVER-UP OF HPV VACCINE ADVERSE REACTIONS

ALERT: NH AT 'HIGH RISK' OF UNCONTROLLED

HIV, HEPATITIS C DUE TO IV DRUG USE

NH Department of Health and Human Services

Government Health and Wellness

May 18, 2018

"CONCORD, NH – The state’s Public Health Division  on Wednesday issued an alert to care providers around the state describing a notable increase in the number of new HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cases in Hillsborough County.

Of recent concern, NH DPHS has been investigating a report of a homeless individual in Manchester who shares injection drug equipment, and has been diagnosed with acute HIV infection with a very high HIV viral load, which increases risk of transmission.

The alert was issued to physicians, health care providers, hospitals and health clinics.

New Hampshire’s annual number of new HIV cases has been stable (approximately 30-40 cases per year); however, Hillsborough County is experiencing a significant increase in the number of new HIV cases among those who report injection drug use as a risk factor.

• From January 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018, there were 46 NH residents newly diagnosed with HIV.
• Of the 46 individuals, 11 (24 percent) reported injection drug use, a majority of whom lived in Hillsborough County at the time of their diagnosis.

Symptoms of Hepatitis C, according to the CDC, include:

• Fever
• Fatigue
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Dark urine
• Clay-colored bowel movements
• Joint pain
• Jaundice (yellow color in the skin or eyes)

DPHS is continuing to investigate and identify contacts who may be at risk. HCV infection is also a major risk for individuals who inject or use intranasal drugs. New diagnoses of HCV infection were made provider reportable to the NH DPHS in 2016. Of all the new diagnoses of HCV infection in New Hampshire residents from November 1, 2016 to present, 85 percent reported ever injecting drugs (current or former), and almost 65 percent report current injection drug use as a risk factor.

Because new diagnoses of HCV infection are only reported to the NH DPHS by providers (no laboratory reporting of positive test results is performed), there has been significant underreporting of new HCV infections. We are asking providers, both primary and referral providers, to report new cases of HCV infection to the NH DPHS using the appropriate case report form.

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Key Points and Recommendations for providers

• New Hampshire is at high risk of uncontrolled HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission due to the opioid epidemic and injection drug use.
• Providers should screen all patients who present to clinical care (regardless of the primary purpose of the visit) for substance use disorder, especially injection drug use.
• Individuals who have a history of substance misuse (especially injection drug use) should be tested for HIV and HCV.
• There have been multiple state outbreaks of hepatitis A virus infection associated with individuals who are homeless and individuals who use injection and non-injection drugs. All health care providers should assess for hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunity in these higher risk patients and provide vaccination if not immune.
• All new diagnoses of HIV and HCV should be reported to the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services (NH DPHS), including preliminary positive or rapid-reactive HIV and HCV results, by utilizing the appropriate forms.
• If a provider (primary or referral provider) is unsure if a new HIV or HCV case has been reported to NH DPHS, please err on the side of re-reporting. NH DPHS does not receive laboratory reports for positive HCV tests, and relies on provider reporting of new HCV diagnosis for accurate counts."

THE REAL FINAL COST OF ADULTERY

"And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien; Proverbs 5:10

Here is an interesting and prophetic verse that deals with the aftermath of someone who pursues the immoral woman or adulteress.  After stating that following this woman will guarantee that your latter years will be given to the cruel one - we read one of the ways that he will begin to wreak havoc in the adulterer's life.

Strangers will be filled with your strength.  This is an interesting verse because it has to do with the cost of adultery.  We need to remember that under Old Testament law an adulterer would be put to death if caught having adultery.  So this speaks of a more merciful sentence - possibly a financial one.  But as the adulterer toils away to pay the cost of his sexual escapades, he sees that the promise of pleasure has turned into a cost that was far more than he thought it would be.  Even if he is not given the death sentence, he is forced to pay and pay dearly.

The second thing that happens is that your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien.  Once again this pictures punishment financially for having sex with another man's wife.  The adulterer works hard - but he does not receive any of the benefit of his labor.  Instead, he has to face the fact that all his hard work is worthless - because it is going to someone else.

Today, we do not have adultery laws that promise death to the one caught in adultery.  But these verses are still true today.  Wisdom allows us to see the long term liabilities of sexual immorality and adultery.  Some only hear the siren song of the adulteress - and are deaf to the sound of the waves crashing on the rocks where they soon will be destroyed.  Wisdom opens our eyes to what this is going to cost us - and that price is steep indeed."

However, the reality of wisdom in today's society is highly chosen to be ignored by many.  Especially when it becomes judged by judicial justice throughout this country, especially in NH.  Today there are 30 to 50 percent of people choosing to commit adultery already knowing the emotional torment, pain, and suffering it will cause when the truth is found out. All written laws passed by government are actually morals that clarify, explain, and enforce a right from wrong. As to why the past 100 years judicial justice have been belittling and minimizing the act of adultery in a marriage to just another justifiable "Irreconcilable Differences" in NH goes beyond ones common sense.   

Studies done in 2014 reported that the average affair now begins 2 years into the marriage and will last an average of 6 months. In the last 10 years, multiple time and money has been spent to study adultery because of the many serious problems it is now causing. There are now even more than one STD that is becoming more dangerous and more drug resistant every day.  On May 18, 2018, NH become on "Alert for "High Risk" of uncontrolled HIV, Hepatitis C due to IV drug use."  

The adultery reports also shows that the average two timing-spouse spends money on-date activities-such as transportation, tickets to shows, plays, concerts, movies, dinners and drinks, hotel bills and gifts.  The reported total is averaging $444 per month above the expenses of now keeping the other spouse unaware, happy and complicit to the crime of adultery.  Those with higher incomes make higher expenses, and sometimes during over 20 years of marriage.  This is time and money one cannot recover, that was fraudulently saved and stolen through marriage that would now affect someone else's entire future.

This is what NH government has declared as just everyday minimal justifiable "Irreconcilable Difference" for the past 100 years. NH divorce statistics have now been higher than the entire country's average, very steadily now for the past 17 years.  By people who are now repeatedly divorcing now 3 or more times in one lifetime.

Provisional number of marriage and divorce rate (2000-2016) CDC

New Hampshire v United States Marriage and Divorce Rates 2000-2016 [Rates are based on provisional counts of marriages by state of occurrence.  Rates are per 1,000 total population residing in area. Population enumerated as of April 1 for 2000 and 2010, all other years are estimated as of July 1]

    YEAR                  NEW HAMPSHIRE         UNITED STATES      NH  RATE OF       U.S. RATE OF

                                MARRIAGE RATES       MARRIAGE RATES     DIVORCE             DIVORCE
   2016                                       7.O                         6.9                        3.4                           3.2
  
   2015                                       6.9                         6.9                         3.3                           3.1
  
   2014                                       7.2                         6.9                         3.5                           3.2
  
   2013                                       6.9                         6.8                        3.7                            3.3
  
   2012                                       6.8                         6.8                         3.6                           3.4
      
   2011                                       7.1                         6.8                         3.8                           3.6

   2010                                       8.3                         6.8                         3.8                           3.6
     
   2009                                       6.5                         6.8                         3.7                           3.5

   2008                                      6.8                          7.1                         3.9                           3.5

   2007                                      7.1                          7.3                         3.8                           3.6
   
   2006                                      7.2                          7.5                         4.1                           3.7
  
   2005                                      7.3                          7.6                         3.9                           3.6
  
   2004                                      8.0                          7.8                         4.0                           3.7

   2003                                      8.1                          7.1                         4.1                           3.8
  
   2002                                      8.3                          8.0                         4.3                           3.9
  
   2001                                      8.5                          8.2                         4.4                           4.0

   2000                                      9.4                          8.2                         4.8                           4.0          

The reports also do not include the lack of insurance coverage for fees that are not covered for counseling if one chooses that route after finding out they have been cheated on.  Counseling alone can easily run into 5 figures.  This report doesn't include the aftermath of health and legal fees when divorce is based on adultery.  Which by right should only be paid by the guilty party and possibly their paramour too.

The average monthly cost to commit adultery also does not include the legal fees your family could also can occur by possibly needing legal protection now only from a scorned ex lover that an irresponsible spouse brought into their lives.  There are no justifiable reasons to commit adultery of any kind no matter how bad a marriage becomes.  The only decisions should be to work on the marriage or leave the marriage because there is no middle line that can be justifiably crossed by committing adultery.  There has to be a safety net somewhere in a marriage.  If you cannot respectfully commit to a relationship then don't.  If already committed and unhappy with the relationship then choose a responsible resolution.  Remember that 2 wrongs will never make it right.

Women who commit adultery also will have additional regular higher maintenance fees more than usual for Clothing, Pedi's, Mani's, Make-up, Waxing, Brow Sculpting, and Gym memberships.  Dollars that go into the thousands for long term affairs.  Everyone knows the reality of mental anguish that occurs for years after experiencing cheating but never takes the reality of the total financial ramifications into consideration.  Society has turned survival only of the fittest into it's life-long goal and to hell with the rest.  Changes required to be made by government have been established for years from hundreds of studies and still continue to be ignored by government, especially in NH. The only state that apparently chooses to make and inflict it's own Vietnam Wars like President Donald Trump.

MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUICIDE

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Leanna Garfield and Hilary Brueck Jun. 9, 2018

Anthony Bourdain died with early reports indicating that the beloved celebrity chef and TV host killed himself. Earlier in the week, the fashion designer Kate Spade died by suicide as well.

Their deaths are part of a nationwide trend. Since 1999, suicide rates in the US have risen by nearly 30%, and mental illness is believed to be one of the largest contributors.

Mental-health experts say that a decline in funding for mental healthcare has also contributed to the rise.

Those who can afford out-of-pocket costs for mental-healthcare services are more likely to seek them out and receive treatment.

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Anthony Bourdain, the acclaimed chef who explored the globe in search of the world's best cuisine, died by suicide on Friday in France, CNN said. The fashion mogul Kate Spade also died by suicide earlier this week.

Their deaths are part of larger trend in the US. Since 1999, suicide rates in the US have risen nearly 30%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly every state has seen a rise over that period.

While suicide is a complex response to trauma that often involves many factors, mental illness is one of the leading contributors, according to the CDC. But for those who have a mental illness and can't afford mental healthcare, their conditions are more likely to worsen.

According to mental-health experts, that reality makes suicide a far-reaching, systemic public health crisis.

John Mann, a psychiatrist at Columbia University who studies the causes of depression and suicide, said several factors had most likely contributed to America's rising suicide rates, including stress from the 2008 financial crisis and the current opioid epidemic. But they don't tell the whole story.

"We have a serious, national problem in terms of adequate recognition of psychiatric illnesses and their treatment. That is the single most effective suicide-prevention method in Western nations," he told Business Insider. "We're missing most of these cases. That's really the bottom line."

Many people who took their own lives and had a history of psychiatric illness were not receiving treatment at the time of their deaths, according to the CDC.

The US has made substantial cuts to mental-healthcare funding over the past decade

Making mental healthcare more affordable could help lower suicide rates in the US, Mann said.
In the years after the 2008 recession, states cut more than $4 billion in public mental-health funding.

A budget outline released by President Donald Trump in February proposed slashing a key source of public funds for mental-health treatment: the Medicaid program serving over 70 million Americans with lower incomes or disabilities.

"We have a national strategy for suicide prevention in the United States, but it's essentially unfunded, and there is no government leadership in systematically implementing this strategy at the federal or state level," Mann said. "So we have a blueprint, but we do not act on that blueprint."

Today, many Americans simply cannot afford mental-health services — something that may be because of a flawed healthcare system. A 2014 study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that of all practicing medical providers in the US, therapists were the least likely to take insurance: In 2010, only 55% of psychiatrists accepted insurance plans, compared with 89% of other healthcare professionals, like cardiologists, dermatologists, and podiatrists.

In the US, therapy can cost hundreds of dollars per session when patients pay out of pocket. Prices are usually even higher in cities, which also tend to have higher rates of depression than in rural areas.

'This is a wake-up call for employers, regulators, and the [insurance] plans themselves'

Mental-healthcare coverage can vary widely by state as well.

In November, Milliman, a risk-management and healthcare consulting company, published a national study that explored geographic gaps in access to affordable mental healthcare.

The researchers parsed two large databases containing medical-claim records from major insurers for preferred provider organizations, or PPOs, covering nearly 42 million Americans in all 50 states and Washington, DC, from 2013 to 2015.

The study found that in New Jersey, 45% of office visits for behavioral healthcare were out of network; in DC, it was 63%. In nine states — including New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Massachusetts — payments were 50% higher for primary-care doctors when they provided mental healthcare.

Of the study, Henry Harbin, the former CEO of the behavioral-healthcare company Magellan Health, told NPR: "This is a wake-up call for employers, regulators, and the [insurance] plans themselves that whatever they're doing, they're making it difficult for consumers to get treatment for all these illnesses. They're failing miserably." BI Graphics                                    

Because mental-healthcare providers know that insurance companies aren't likely to adequately reimburse them, they will often require patients to pay out of pocket. As a result, many states do not have enough in-network therapists and psychiatrists to meet patient demand.

"Too many people have no health insurance; there have been too many budget cuts to treatment dollars, and there are too few providers available to deliver care," Fred Osher, the director of health systems and services policy at the Council of State Governments Justice Center, wrote in a New York Times op-ed article in 2016. "These obstacles should lead to a call to action, not a call to further confine people with mental illness."

Correlation does not equal causation. But many other nations with universal or near-universal healthcare, like the Netherlands and Estonia, have seen declines in suicide rates, Mann said.

Following reports of Bourdain's and Spade's deaths, many people on Twitter shared stories of their own battles with depression and mental illnesses. Several also expressed worries about those who are unable to pay for therapy visits or psychiatric medications because their insurance plans do not cover them.

If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or has had thoughts of harming themselves or taking their own life, get help. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) provides 24/7, free, confidential support for people in distress, as well as best practices for professionals and resources to aid in prevention and crisis situations