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24 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 173 (2010)
PEPFAR: Preaching Abstinence at the Cost of Global Health and Other Misguided Relief Policies

handle is hein.journals/tclj24 and id is 175 raw text is: PEPFAR: PREACHING ABSTINENCE AT THE COST OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND OTHER MISGUIDED RELIEF POLICIES Ilene Leventhal* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................... 174 II. THE PEPFAR LEGISLATION AND RELATED POLICY ...................... 177 A. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.... ......... 177 B. PEPFAR in Conjunction with Other Ideologically-Based Health Aid Policies in Place Under the Bush Administration............. 180 III. PEPFAR's REQUIREMENTS AND THE MEXICO CITY POLICY HAS LED TO AN INFLUX OF FAITH-BASED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND THE DEGRADATION OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS IN PARTNER COUNTRIES ........................... 182 A. Limitations Found in PEPFAR ................... ........ 182 1. ' The Leadership Act .............................. 182 2. The Smith Amendment........................... 186 3. The Prostitution Pledge .................. ............. 187 a. Defunding Organizations ..................... 188 b. The Disruption of Health and Social Welfare Services and NGO Practices ...................... 189 c. The Prostitution Pledge Inhibits Impact Work That Has Met With Marked Success in Many Countries .................................... 190 B. Effects of the Leadership Act and the Prostitution Pledge on the Potential Impact of PEPFAR and the Solution to the HIV/AIDS Crisis .... ..................... 191 1. Disproportionate Funding of Faith-Based Care Givers ........................ ............... 191 2. Detrimental Effect to Organizations Working Toward Eliminating Force Prostitution and Human Trafficking .............................. 193 3. PEPFAR Receives Criticism from the Feminist Community ................................... 195 4. Constitutional Concerns .................... ....... 197 173

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