[UUPoly-L] Good news about global AIDS/HIV programs

[Desmond Ravenstone <desmondravenstone@yahoo.com>]

Democrats To Seek Changes, Boosted Funding During
PEPFAR Reauthorization Debate
[Feb 04, 2008] 

Some Congressional Democrats have proposed removing
abstinence program spending requirements and a
mandatory pledge against commercial sex work in the
upcoming reauthorization of the President's Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief, the AP/Yahoo! News reports
(Abrams, AP/Yahoo! News, 2/2). The lawmakers also are
hoping to allow "reproductive health groups to have
broader access to U.S. money," according to CQ Today. 

The reauthorization draft bill is scheduled to be
considered in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on
Feb. 7. It would remove a current requirement that at
least one-third of HIV prevention funds focus
countries receive through PEPFAR be used for
abstinence-until-marriage programs. It also would
revoke a requirement that PEPFAR recipients pledge
opposition to commercial sex work in order to receive
funding. The draft bill's broadening of PEPFAR money
to family planning groups is seen by some as "opening
a door to funding abortion providers" overseas, which
is illegal for Congress to do, according to CQ Today.

For more info, read the complete article at
http://kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=50181


Desmond Ravenstone 

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