Bush Seeks $30 BILLION Extension on 2003 Aids, Family Planning Scheme

By Michael A. Fletcher / The Washington Post
President Bush will call on Congress today to provide $30 billion toward battling the global AIDS crisis over the first five years after he leaves office, according to senior administration officials, a doubling of the current U.S. commitment. The increase in the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) would provide lifesaving treatment to 2.5 million people, administration officials said last night -- about 1.4 million more than the program now serves. The program's original five-year mandate, which provided for $15 billion in U.S. funding, will expire in September 2008. Bush's plan would extend that five more years. Full story...

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Bush Betrayed Pro-Lifers Again,
But Did They Even Notice?
By Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News - March 4, 2003
Once again, President G. W. Bush has betrayed the pro-life cause. According to Knox News, "In a major policy shift, President Bush has decided to allow social service agencies in Africa and the Caribbean to receive U.S. funds under his $15 billion emergency AIDS relief plan even if they promote family planning and provide abortions, White House officials said." The Washington Times added, "The new plan grows out of the 'Mexico City' policy-first declared by President Reagan at a 1984 U.N. conference in that city-which bars U.S. taxpayer money from going to groups that fund or promote abortion overseas."

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