We must fight Bush's abstinence-only earmark -NO REPLIES PLEASE

June 6, 2006

We must fight Bush's abstinence-only earmark

Last month, the U.S. government's own Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that made headlines for weeks.

Why? The report found that the Bush administration's insistence on abstinence-only HIV prevention programs is crippling our ability to fight this deadly virus.

The Bush administration's ideologically-motivated insistence on using abstinence-only programs to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean is costing lives in the very countries we most need to help.

Click below to help save lives by urging your members of Congress to stop funding these ineffective abstinence-only programs immediately. http://www.freechoicesaveslives.org/campaign/GAO2006

Currently, one third of all global AIDS prevention funds must go to abstinence-only-until-marriage programs, despite the fact that they do NOT work!

Not only are abstinence-only programs ineffective, they are diverting desperately-needed resources from programs that ARE effective in preventing the spread of the virus.

In order to comply with this funding requirement, programs have had to reduce funding for essential Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission programming, as well as programs for people with the highest risk of contracting HIV -- sexually active youth, truckers, sex workers, and couples in which one partner is HIV negative and the other is HIV positive.

The Bush administration's unscientific insistence on abstinence-only programs is preventing HIV/AIDS programs from helping the people that are most at risk and most in need of help.

Please join us in putting a stop to this madness. Click below now to contact your members of Congress and urge them to do away with the abstinence only requirement.

http://www.freechoicesaveslives.org/campaign/GAO2006

Don't forget to spread the word! Once you've sent your message to Congress, please forward this message to your friends,family, and co-workers to ask them to join you in taking action to help save lives and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Thank you again for your speedy response to this crisis. http://www.freechoicesaveslives.org/campaign/GAO2006?rk=H1S1qIn1uRKBW

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June 6, 2006

Why are you marking this no replies?

I am curious, and yes I understand it is your list, why you post political stuff but don't want anyone to respond. With all due respect, that's like saying "Here is my opinion, but I don't want to hear yours." I find it somewhat offensive whether I agree with the email, (which in this case I do) or not. It is to much like being told by religious leaders that their way is the only was, and refusing to hear any other thoughts or ideas.

Again, I understand this is your list, but it is called , not EverythingPolitical, and it seems to me, if stuff that is posted here is off topic, everyone should be able to respond, just like the stuff that is on topic, if not why post it?

Thanks,

Laura

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