Utah's Department of Health planned to distribute 100,000 condoms as part of an HIV prevention campaign, but the state's governor asked the department to change the branding and lose the 'sexual innuendo.'
Utah's Department of Health planned to distribute 100,000 condoms as part of an HIV prevention campaign, according to CNN affiliate KSTU. The condoms were packaged in small cardboard holders with"Utah specific euphemisms, or play on words" that refer the condom owner to the website HIVandMe.com, the department said. But the condoms were funded by taxpayers, and Governor Gary Herbert asked the department to change the branding and lose the"sexual innuendo.
Use of HIV prevention pill, PrEP, rises 500%, report saysThe Department of Health apologized and said that the designs did not go through necessary approval channels and that they have asked their partners to stop distributing immediately. Read More"We remain committed to running a campaign to help in the prevention of HIV and intend to do so in a manner that better respects taxpayer dollars, and our role as a government agency," the department said in a release.
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