What was ironic about the "Contagious Diseases Act" of 1864?
a. The Contagious Diseases Act was enacted to provide free medical treatments to prostitutes suffering from a sexually transmitted infection; however, most of the prostitutes who volunteered for testing were uninfected and those who were in fact infected avoided the testing.
b. Designed to screen prostitutes for sexually transmitted infections, many women examined under the Act became infected for the first time when unsterile speculum were used to examine them.
c. Those who implemented the Act were in favor of helping reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections; however, law enforcement officials used the act as a way to arrest prostitutes, causing most prostitutes and physicians to avoid testing facilities.
d. The Act was enacted to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections; however, the method used, implantation of a "barrier" device into the vaginal cavities of prostitutes, actually increased the spread of infection because of increased vaginal tearing.
ANS: B
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