Another reason for conservative outrage, or just a simple "doo-dah" good idea?

You Decide.

Washington To Put Free Condom Machines In Gov't Buildings

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The District's health department says it will put 50 plain white dispensers in areas frequented by the public, including the D.C. Housing Authority and the departments of human services, motor vehicles and public works.

"They're going to be as common as water fountains," Ivan O. Torres, interim director of the city's HIV/AIDS Administration, said of the dispensers.

"The mayor is committed to this. . . . This is no longer something to be ashamed of. It affects all of us," Torres told the Washington Post.

In the next 12 months, the district plans to pass out about 550,000 male condoms, 45,000 latex dental dams and about 30,000 female condoms in a variety of venues, including the public school system.

Male condoms cost the city less than a nickel apiece, and female condoms cost several dollars each.

Washington has one of the highest per capita AIDS rates in the nation, about 132 cases per 100,000 residents. In the past 20 years the disease has claimed more than 12,000 lives in the region.


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