Debate on Pitt PEPFAR Amendment

Jun 21st, 2007 2:30 PM UTC
By Erin Erlenborn, ONE Policy Staff

Reps. Pitts amendment to remove language waiving the
abstinence-until-marriage earmark for 2008 within the President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which requires that one-third
of all global HIV prevention funding be spent only on
abstinence-until-marriage programs is currently being debated- should be
lively!

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June 21, 2007 at 3:22 pm

i missed the lively debate, it’s not adopted.

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