I wonder what the “unrelated provision” is? I didn’t see it mentioned in the article or posts. I’m probably too dumb to understand the entire bill, so can someone find it in “laymen’s terms”? It might be good to know before we start calling for impeachments.
Democrats Pass Provision for Contraceptives in House Foreign Aid Bill
House Democrats narrowly passed a measure yesterday to provide contraceptives to overseas organizations that had been banned from receiving foreign aid because they provided or promoted abortion.
The amendment to an important antiabortion measure in the House foreign aid spending bill was a rebuke to President Bush, who has strictly opposed providing any assistance to groups that promote abortion. The Reagan-era measure, known as the Mexico City policy, was fiercely protected by Bush, who has issued two veto threats over the foreign aid bill should Democrats attempt to alter any of the antiabortion measures it contains.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854647/posts
Here is the section of the Bill:
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under title III and IV of this Act , not less than $441,000,000 shall be made available for family planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That, in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, no contract or grant for the exclusive purpose of providing donated contraceptives in developing countries shall be denied to any nongovernmental organization solely on the basis of the policy contained in the President’s March 28, 2001, Memorandum to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development with respect to providing contraceptives in developing countries, or any comparable administration policy regarding the provision of contraceptives.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c110:2:./temp/~c110ITNIDl:e129996: