|
Dismantle the Harmful Abstinence-Until-Marriage Requirements |
|
|
Advocates supports the elimination of the abstinence-until-marriage reporting criteria under the reauthorized President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Although the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act removed the hard “at least 33%” earmark for abstinence-until-marriage, the legislation established a reporting requirement that is just as onerous. Under current policy, the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator must file a report with Congress on any PEPFAR country that does not spend 50% of its sexual transmission prevention dollars enforcing an “abstinence, be faithful” policy.
|
