“My administration has more than tripled funding for abstinence-only programs since taking office.” —President George W. Bush World AIDS Day Proclamation December 1, 2004 (pictured with members of a Ugandan children’s choir)
“As we practice our national HIV prevention model...we should emphasize abstinence and faithfulness [over condoms].” —Uganda’s First Lady Janet Museveni The New Vision, March 25, 2005
AIDS activists charge that the Ugandan government’s new pro-abstinence stance led to a catastrophic condom shortage there. —Ugandan Mission to the UN New York City, August 30, 2005