Uganda's parliament appears to have dropped plans to debate a controversial anti-gay bill after global condemnation.

The anti-gay bill was first proposed in late 2009 but it wasn't debated until last Friday. The bill had been scheduled to be debated again on Wednesday but was dropped from parliament's updated schedule.

The original bill would mandate a death sentence in some cases, but the author has said a new version would not contain the death penalty.

One member of parliament, John Alimadi, said Wednesday that the bill may have been dropped from the agenda because of a worldwide outcry against it.