When Marriage Kills

The New York Times Column When Marriage Kills criticises President Bush's program against AIDS in Africa. His program is focusing on sexual abstinence and marital fidelity, relegating condoms to a distant third.

"It's the kind of well-meaning policy that bubbles up out of a White House prayer meeting but that will mean a lot of unnecessary deaths on the ground in Africa."

and adds...

"The stark reality is that what kills young women here (in Zambia) is often not promiscuity, but marriage. Indeed, just about the deadliest thing a woman in southern Africa can do is get married."