Medical Institute for Sexual Health

Organization founded by Dr. Joe McIlhaney, who served as adviser to President George W. Bush while he was governor of Texas and sat on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, as well as on the Advisory Committee to the Director of the CDC. Its focus is on medical respectability, focusing on public-health arguments in favor of virginity rather than moral virtues. The institute mainly discusses condoms to disparage them and sexually transmitted diseases to assert that only abstinence offers reliable protection. Its core message is that “the behavior choices necessary for optimal health are sexual abstinence for unmarried individuals and faithfulness within marriage.”