A Federal district court in New York has ruled that a Bush administration requirement that any international agencies receiving funding for programs to combat AIDS must sign an anti-prostitution pledge is unconstitutional. See the ruling here. Two international groups filed suit against the US Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing that the restriction violates their first amendment rights. The restriction is found in a 2003 act called the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003.

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