Viva Mexico! Viva Viagra! would be the new slogan on the tongue of the oldies in México. The government of Mexico City has decided to provide the 70 years and older men with free Viagra and other impotence drugs like Levitra or Cialis. The Mexican government will be offering these pills to the elderly after they undergo medical examinations. According to Ahued, there's an estimated 112,000 men 70 or older that live in the Federal District, which has a total population of 8.7 million. They will be distributed at special health clinics in the city on December 1. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says the city is implementing the plan because sexuality "has a lot to do with quality of life and our happiness."
WOW! It’s interesting to note that even though the government is highly concerned over the sexual lives of the elderly, it still follows the ‘Global Gag Rule’, a policy which requires non-governmental organizations to stop their access to USAID-supplied condoms and other forms of contraception. It’s a peculiar situation where on one hand the govt. is helping increase the reproductive mechanism while on the other, they refrain women from having abortions and using contraceptives.
The double standards that the govt. has adopted makes you think whether such programmes are just to increase the vote bank for the next mayoral elections to be held in March next year. It’s a shame that while the mayor thinks that sexuality has a lot to do with the quality of life and happiness, unwanted babies and safe sex do not.
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