The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering requiring warning labels on condom packages, noting that they do not protect users from all sexually transmitted diseases, an FDA official said March 10.

Studies show that condoms do not prevent human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common viral STD today, which affects more than one third of all sexually active unmarried people and for which there is no cure. HPV can cause genital warts and cervical cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two million American women are infected with HPV each year, and 10,000 are diagnosed annually with cervical cancer.

Abstinence until marriage—following God's timeless law of saving sex for marriage and staying faithful within marriage—is the only certain way to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.