Supreme Court Considers Anti-Prostitution Pledge In HIV/AIDS Funding Case
At issue is whether the government can require private nonprofits to denounce prostitution in order to qualify for U.S. foreign aid grants aimed at fighting the worldwide AIDS epidemic.
The Supreme Court kicked off a second day of telephone arguments Tuesday with a case that mingles sex, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and free speech.
At issue is whether the government can require private nonprofits to denounce prostitution in order to qualify for U.S foreign aid grants aimed at fighting the worldwide AIDS epidemic. This is the second time the court has faced this issue, but this time it comes with a twist.
In 2003, Congress, at the urging of President George W. Bush,
