BANGKOK: A US congresswomen launched a broadside against the AIDS policies of President George W. Bush's administration yesterday, saying the White House's focus on abstinence was undermining attempts to curb the spread of the deadly virus.
Democrat congresswomen Barbara Lee told the 15th International AIDS Conference here that a funding rule that a third of all US money should go towards “abstinence until marriage” programmes was unscientific.
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