Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0VMimu09500; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:44:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:44:48 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F222DRIME72AC1kox1B0000d516@hotmail.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "blue birds" <bluebirds1979@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1916] Re: Fwd: state of union and more X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3213 Lines: 62 Mev, Ujwala and Andrea: I agree with Mev, as I believ in equity and thereby to opt to oppose right wing and have also paid a heavy price for it. In that regards to a certain degree I agree with Ujwala's views on Diplomacy. In anycase, Andrea you had said that Bush should invest in USAID programs..but sister, I am sure you know that the chief of USAID Andrew Natios went to House Appropriations committee on June 07 2001 and said the following racist comments: "People in Africa do not know what time means, they do not have infrastructure and if you say one o' clock in the afternoon they don't know what you are talking about. All they know is sun rise and sun set. So they don't need HIV/AIDS Medications". (Quotes as exactly he said) So I don't have much of hope at USAID itself. I also read this piece propose Bush, so where are we heading now? *************************** "Bush Seeks Abstinence Funding" Associated Press (01.30.02)::Laura Meckler President Bush will propose $135 million for abstinence-only programs in the budget he is sending to Congress next week - a $33 million increase over this year. Sexual abstinence programs bar discussion of birth control or condoms as effective ways to prevent pregnancy and STDs. Conservatives argue the programs are a crucial balance to funds spent teaching teens about contraception, and spending on the programs has climbed over the last five years. The request fulfills a campaign pledge Bush made to spend as much on promoting abstinence as some calculate the government spends on educating teens about contraception. When asked why the administration would want to increase spending for abstinence-only programs, given the lack of scientific data supporting their efficacy, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson noted that they are very popular with many of his Republican colleagues. "The president feels, the administration feels, a lot of people in Congress feel that this is a much better way to attempt to solve this problem of teen-age pregnancy," Thompson said in an interview Wednesday. In addition, Thompson said he was interested in the results of extensive research on the program's effectiveness now under way. "I'm a results-oriented kind of person," he said. "I find it stunning that an administration that touts the values of science when it comes to environmental policy can't run fast enough away from science when it comes to sexual health," said James Wagoner, president of Advocates for Youth, which supports abstinence-plus programs. These encourage teens to say no to sex but suggest contraceptives and condoms to those who do not. The money will consist of three pieces. A sum of $50 million in grants will be disbursed to state welfare programs, which may not discuss the benefits of contraception. An increase of $33 million, to $73 million, will go to competitive HHS grants. And $12 million, the same as last year, will be disbursed to the Adolescent and Family Life program, which provides money to states through a formula to work with teen mothers. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
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