Sen. Clinton Chides Bush on Women's Health Policy (Reuters) [View All]

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By Evelyn Leopold

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Bush administration was making it hard for the poor to receive the full range of reproductive health services by putting too much emphasis on abstinence to combat AIDS.

Speaking at a dinner to hundreds of women's rights and health activists on Tuesday night, the New York Democrat urged advocacy groups not to give up "despite the less-than-friendly atmosphere we currently face in Washington with the current administration."

President Bush administration is backing Uganda's policy on AIDS prevention, called ABC, which stands for abstinence, being faithful and condom use. But at international conferences the United States puts the emphasis on abstinence rather than contraceptives, especially among single people

Clinton noted the administration had cut funds to any organization that provided abortions or advocated counseling or legalization of abortion.
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