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Trump officials oppose funding museum for victims of Tuskegee syphilis study
Last edited Fri Jul 21, 2017, 10:36 AM - Edit history (1)
Source: Associated Press
Trump officials oppose funding museum for victims of Tuskegee syphilis study
Associated Press in Birmingham, Alabama
Saturday 24 June 2017 18.37 BST
The Trump administration is opposing an attempt to use unclaimed money from a legal settlement over the government’s infamous Tuskegee syphilis study to fund a museum honoring its victims.
The justice department argued in court documents recently that providing the money to the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center would violate an agreement reached in 1975 to settle a class-action lawsuit.
Days after the government made its argument, attorney general Jeff Sessions issued a memo barring third-party organizations from receiving money from settlements involving the government.
For the study, hundreds of black men suffering from the sexually transmitted disease were allowed to go untreated for decades so doctors could analyze the progression of the illness.
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Associated Press in Birmingham, Alabama
Saturday 24 June 2017 18.37 BST
The Trump administration is opposing an attempt to use unclaimed money from a legal settlement over the government’s infamous Tuskegee syphilis study to fund a museum honoring its victims.
The justice department argued in court documents recently that providing the money to the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center would violate an agreement reached in 1975 to settle a class-action lawsuit.
Days after the government made its argument, attorney general Jeff Sessions issued a memo barring third-party organizations from receiving money from settlements involving the government.
For the study, hundreds of black men suffering from the sexually transmitted disease were allowed to go untreated for decades so doctors could analyze the progression of the illness.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/24/tuskegee-syphilis-study-victims-trump-opposes-memorial