The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) penned a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt last week demanding that the department change its abstinence-only prevention information in order to comply with a federal law stipulating that all educational materials include medically accurate information about condoms. The ACLU plans to take legal action if the changes are not made in 30 days.
Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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Overheard in the Women's Forum
"I recently met a guy who is negative. I did tell him about my status and he decided to kiss me anyway (we didn't go further than that). But a day later, he called and said that he actually had a mouth ulcer that time when we kissed and he was very worried. Asked if he can get the virus from me that way. For that moment, I felt so insulted and yet I felt so bad. It was my first time having a contact with a "negative" guy."
