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Stargirl
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 10/20/2004 : 15:13:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hawks
Stargirl wrote:
I read somewhere, can't find the link right now, that most of the money that Bush claims to have allocated to help AIDS victims in Africa is not going to be distributed unless the organizations adopt an abstinence only policy which most of the them are refusing to do.
Actually, starting in 1984, the Reagan administration announced that "...any nongovernmental organisation that provided abortions, councelled about abortions, advocated abortion in any way , or was affiliated with other organisations that did any of these, would be barred from receiving US money, supplies, training or technical support." (New Scientist, 9 october 2004, page 21). So the abstinence was probably not the issue, the abortions were. But yes, organisations helping AIDS victims while at the same time performing abortions would have had their fundings cut.
IIRC the article I read said that this was an administration response to organizations teaching AIDS prevention, (with the use of condoms) and didn't mention birth control, family planing or abortion at all.
Of course condoms will not only help prevent the spread of AIDS it will also help prevent pregnancy.
So I can see why the Bush administration would disapprove of promoting condom use since they seem to be against all family planing including any type of birth control and abortions.
These people probably figure so what if we cause a few million more people to die the End Time in near and everyone is going to die anyway. |
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