IT IS more than 200 years since the church and state were officially separated in the US, but anyone with an eye on American foreign policy under the Bush administration knows that this basic tenet of the Constitution is under threat. The religious right, it seems, has found the ear of the White House to an unprecedented degree. This is especially true when it comes to US policies on international development, which are riddled with evangelical opposition to family planning and the use of condoms to fight HIV/AIDS.

Concerns over population growth might seem like a throwback to the 1960s…

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