Supposedly, Laura Bush will head the US delegation to the UN session on HIV/AIDS in New York late this month.

In advance of the First Lady’s visit, the Administration is doing all that it can to make sure she is well received (not!) by blocking various words and phrases from inclusion in the political declaration — including all reference to condoms. Funny, the Rumor Mill thought the Administration supported ABC?

 

Earlier this year, Mrs. Bush did say “when girls are not empowered, when girls are vulnerable, their chances of being able to negotiate their sexual lives with their partners and to encourage or make their partners use a condom are very low.” Seems she didn’t get the message that "condom" is a verboten word…