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See also the Senate's HIV Prevention Act On this page:
About the PATHWAY Act of 2007
The bipartisan Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth Act of 2007 (PATHWAY Act) was introduced in the House by Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Chris Shays (H.R.1713) and in the Senate by Senator Hillary Clinton (S. 2415). The PATHWAY Act in the House and Senate would require the President and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) to establish a comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV infection. Furthermore, it would strike the earmark requiring that one-third of all prevention funding be spent on to abstinence-until-marriage programs House PATHWAY Act H.R. 1713 | Senate PATHWAY Act S. 2415
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Additional Resources Fact sheets on the PATHWAY Act: Findings from the Government Accountability Office and the Institute of Medicine about why the abstinence-until-marriage earmark needs to be removed. Fact sheet : U.S. Spending on Global HIV Prevention: A Question and Answer Resource
Organizational Support for PATHWAY Act of 2007 The PATHWAY Act of 2007 has more than 100 Local, State, and National U.S. Endorsing Organizations
Would your U.S. organization like to endorse the PATHWAY Act? Click here to do so. 150 organizations outside the U.S. signed a statement in support of the PATHWAY Act of 2007.
Would your non-U.S. organization like to endorse the PATHWAY Act? Click here to do so.
PATHWAY in the News - "U.S. AIDS Program Revolutionizes Kenya," Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press, 12/1/2006.
- "Abstinence and AIDS," Boston Globe, 12/1/2006.
- "Democrats inspect faith-based initiative," Michael Kranish, Boston Globe, 12/4/2006.
- "World AIDS Day: Challenging the "Luxury" of Abstinence,"Haider Rizvi, Inter Press Service News Agency, 11/30/2006.
- "AIDS fight should focus on females," Baylee DeCastro, The Daily Bruin, 11/30/2006.
- "Morality and the fight against AIDS," Jackie Dent, CNN.com, 12/1/2006.
- "Black leaders urge fight against AIDS," by Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press, 8/14/2006.
- "Proposed Legislation Would Amend PEPFAR," by Joe De Capua, VOA, 6/28/2006.
Related Items and Resources See also PEPFAR Watch's Prevention for Women & Girls
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