US terms for Aids help seen increasingly to press its anti-abortion, pro-abstinence sexual agenda on poorer countries

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Brazil spurns US terms for Aids help: "Sarah Boseley and Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington | Wednesday May 4, 2005 | The Guardian

Brazil yesterday became the first country to take a public stand against the Bush administration's massive Aids programme which is seen by many as seeking increasingly to press its anti-abortion, pro-abstinence sexual agenda on poorer countries.

Campaigners applauded Brazil's rejection of $40m for its Aids programmes because it refuses to agree to a declaration condemning prostitution.

The government and many Aids organisations believe such a declaration would be a serious barrier to helping sex workers protect themselves and their clients from infection."
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