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Australian Judge Slams HIV Criminalization
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Finally someone in a high court has taken some action. While it's remarkable that the criminalization of PWA still exists in "other" parts of the world, let's not forget that the US still has laws on the books that criminalize PWA for infecting someone. The US still has a travel ban that discriminates and restricts people with HIV from entering the country without a special visa-a blatant civil rights issue. Hopefully, congress will finally have this archaic ban lifted with PEPFAR.
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Tim Sanders
It is not just the third world countries that are criminalizing HIV people. In the United States there is no Federal statute against HIV but it isa states rights issue. There are a few states that criminalize HIV+ people if they have sex, even if it is safe sex, even if it is just mutual maturbation! If you do not divulge your HIV status and get a WRITTEN and SIGNED statement of consent from your sex partner, you can go to jail. As of 3 yrs. ago, there were 5 HIV inmates in for 7 yrs. in Nevada.
July 22, 2008