Bush FY 2006 Budget proposal includes in an expected increase in global HIV / AIDS, abstinence-only education
President Bushs budget proposal for 2006 includes an increase in education spending for abstinence-only and global health initiatives, including HIV / AIDS, but to eliminate or reduce spending on other health care programs, according to documents obtained by The New York Times by analysts who oppose budget cuts (Pear, New York Times, 2 / 5). Bush is scheduled to present the $ 2500000000000 budget to Congress on Monday (Quaid, AP / Hartford Courant, 2 / 5). Although the documents show a proposed reduction of 9% in the CDC budget to $ 6.programs, should increase by 4.2% to $ 306 million. Programs promoting sexual abstinence would receive an additional $ 38 million for a total of $ 192,500,000 for fiscal 2006, an increase of over 50% since 2004, according to documents,
reports Times. Bushs budget proposal also would remove 9.9 million U.S. dollars for a program that collects cells from cord blood after birth, according to documents.Embryonic stem cells (New York Times, 05.02). In addition, the budget of the President 3200000000 dollars to combat HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide, according to the Washington Post (Allen Baker, The Washington Post, 07.02).
Expenditure by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Many health authorities advocate a comprehensive approach to sex education, such as discussions of condoms and other forms of birth control, the Journal-Constitution. We have the science. It is said that a balanced approach is the best approach, said Benjamin (Wahlberg / McKenna, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 06.02).Reprinted with permission from Kaiser Network Kaiser Network.
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