Fwd: [RectalMicro IRMA] Prostitution Pledge case wins on appeal
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Pickett < JPickett@aidschicago.org > Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:08 PM Subject: [RectalMicro IRMA] Prostitution Pledge case wins on appeal To: " RECTALMICRO@CRITPATH.ORG " < RECTALMICRO@lists.critpath.org > More on this important news. The full decision is here: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/11e51f0b-8781-4661-b383-d5d3dc77096b/2/doc/08-4917_complete_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/11e51f0b-8781-4661-b383-d5d3dc77096b/2/hilite/ Appeals court in NYC rules First Amendment prevents US from requiring anti-prostitution pledge By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, July 6, 1:33 PM NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has ruled that the United States cannot force partners in its international fight against AIDS to denounce prostitution as a condition for receiving funding. The 2-to-1 ruling by the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Wedne