BUENOS AIRES, January 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The predominantly Catholic country of Argentina is spending $14 million (US) on distributing free abortifacient birth control and condoms. Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia announced Monday that the nation’s new Sexual and Reproductive Health Law calls for the free distribution of intrauterine devices, condoms and birth control pills. Garcia also said a new sex education program will be instituted nationally in schools.
For years, Catholic doctors in the country have been attempting to amend an Argentinean law which has led to the situation. The law allows the Argentinean public access to drugs already authorized in other countries such as the United States. See the Argentina news coverage (in Spanish): http://www.yupimsn.com/salud/leer_noticias.cfm?newsid=228303