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December 13, 2005
Leaked Papers Outline U.S. Abstinence Strategy
by Staff
December 13, 2005—An anonymous government official has leaked a document detailing a federal mandate to use 66% of HIV prevention
monies to promote abstinence and faithfulness. Of course, the Bush
administration has been pushing abstinence-till-marriage for a number
of years, but this document represents one of the first outright
directives to snub condoms and prevention education.