The Failure Of Bush's AIDS Policy In Africa

Bush can rant and rave about abstinence here I suppose (which I am for, don't get me wrong) but to go to Africa and make that the emphasis of his AIDS policy is ludicris. This is the country that harbors most of the world's HIV infected. The religious right is barking that promoting the use of condoms encourages promiscuity, which by the way is bogus. Bush falls right into their hands and rhetoric. Now, of course abstinence needs to be a focus, but the priority TODAY is to stop the spread of AIDS. The idea of abstinence in Africa is a concept that will take time and effort to educate about. Africa does not have that much time. They first need to stop the spread of this disease TODAY, and then, as this is being done, go ahead and teach abstinence. If there is not a more aggressive campaign to stop the spread of AIDS immediately, then there won't be anyone around to teach abstinence to.

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