GAO reports troubles with focus on abstinence in AIDS prevention; Sharon Stone, others weight in on the issue

The Washington Post reported that the Government Accountability Office has found that strict requirements from the Bush White House on how much of AIDS prevention money in Africa should be used for abstinence programs "presents challenges to their ability to respond to the local epidemiology and cultural and social norms." Voices from around the nation have chimed in with the opinions of those to whom the voices belong:

[Unfortunately, the FCC has deemed the content of this piece too controversial for the internet. Although they admit that they have no official control over the internet, one spokesperson said, "What are you gonna do? Stop us?" President Bush was purportedly quoted as saying, "They must ab-stain from odd scenes. Heh, heh. ... Huh? Yeah, I know I meant obb scenes."]