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This is the hidden gotcha in Bush's plan to provide fifteen billion for fighting AIDS in Africa. None of that money can go to groups that perform or promote abortions. Like, say, Planned Parenthood. This restriction affects some of the groups which have been working to fight STDs the longest.

Meanwhile, there are lawsuits pending in Iowa against InnerChange, an organization that received funds from Texas under Bush's earlier faith-based initiatives. In fact, Bush has cited InnerChange as the kind of faith-based program he wants to fund as President. This isn't necessarily proof that Bush intends to break down the wall between church and state, but even if he's aghast at this sort of thing, it does tend to show that his faith-based initatives have failed to include proper controls in the past. Kevin Drum has the whole story.