BANNED AIDS: While Magic Johnson and others...
BANNED AIDS: While Magic Johnson and others are promoting the use of condoms to prevent AIDS, Assemblyman Gil Ferguson (R-Newport Beach) has a different twist: He’s introduced what he calls an anti-AIDS bill to restrict the sale of condoms. It would prevent the sale of condoms to minors or within 1,000 feet of any public school in session. . . . Ferguson is upset that education groups refuse to support him. . . . He insists that young people are being “misled into thinking that condoms will protect them from AIDS.”
For the record:
12:00 a.m. May 8, 1992 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Friday May 8, 1992 Orange County Edition Metro Part B Page 3 Column 5 Metro Desk 1 inches; 32 words Type of Material: Correction
Ferguson Bill--A bill by Assemblyman Gil Ferguson (R-Newport Beach) would prohibit distribution of condoms to minors near schools in session. A Newswatch item Monday mistakenly said the bill applied to the sale of condoms.
