A Call for Action!

[kalligraphy.livejournal.com]

According to LA Weekly, the CDC, under pressure from President Bush, and being run by a Bush appointee has finally crossed the line. On June 16th, they announced new guidelines that state that any organization that teaches AIDS prevention and recieves federal funds for any portion of their budget, must teach that condom uses does not prevent the spread of AIDS and other STD's or have their federal funding yanked. This is a further spread of the absitinence only education boondoggle that the Christian Right has been trying to foist off on America. Meanwhile, federal funds earmarked for HIV prevention is being sent to Christian Organizations (not Jewish or Muslim) as pork for them to distribute bibles and stage anti-abortion rallies as part of Bush's "Faith Based Initiatives." But the battle is not lost, the guidlines to not go into effect without a chance for the public to comment. We have until August 16th to tell the CDC that these guidlines are unacceptable. Comments can be email to HIVComments@cdc.gov or faxed to 404-639-3125.

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