Monday, October 30, 2006

US ‘Foreign Aid’ Consists of Billions of Condoms
Despite AIDS program abstinence emphasis US is still largest condom donor in the world
By Meg Jalsevac
EUFAULA, Alabama,
October 30, 2006

(LifeSiteNews.com) – An Oct. 28 New York Times article has exposed the self-serving business and political interests behind the U.S. export of billions of condoms to under-developed and developing countries as part of the nations’ foreign aid and international AIDS programs.

Despite the detrimental effects, both societal and physical of such so-called aid, the past two decades have seen both Republican and Democratic senators alike treating the manufacture of billions of condoms as a purely economic perk and fighting for the manufacturing to remain in the US.

The Bush administration has spent billions of dollars in its global AIDS plan. Of that money, one-third must be spent on promoting abstinence programs such as the Ugandan ABC program. However, that still leaves billions of dollars for family planning and population control programs.
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