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Wall Street Journal - May 10, 2006
The decision, issued yesterday, signals a victory for financier George Soros, whose aid groups were among the plaintiffs arguing that the prostitution pledge impinged upon their right to free speech by requiring them to endorse a political position.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero of the Southern District of New York indicated he would issue a preliminary injunction preventing the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Health and Human Services from imposing the pledge requirement on the Soros-founded Alliance for Open Society International and Pathfinder International.
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