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Henry, the issue is whether these women were really at risk. There is a lot of evidence that straight undetectables don't transmit. When you talk about cases of nondisclosure like this, or when it is reasonable to assume that both partners are poz in the gay community, you're really talking about punishing people simply for having the virus and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. No one suggests that willing transmission should be legal, but that isn't the real issue.
I beleive we should decriminalize this behavior #1) if yoiu are having sex with someone you should protect yourself. Today it is common knowledge of how the virus is transmitted; #2) how do we even know HE infected her as it appears that the two individual did not have the strain of HIV that they each had evaluated and 3) criminalizing this makes people that are out there having alot of sex NOT test as they won't be then shown to have knowledge of their status.
I am beyond tired of hearing folks complain about the criminalization of HIV. Knowing you have a potentially deadly disease and engaging in conduct which results in somebody's life being in jeopardy is CRIMINAL and should be. It's quite simple. We will not end HIV/AIDS as long as people who KNOW they're positive put others at risk. It's really a no-brainer and matters little if criminalization prevents folks from being tested. I don't buy that line anyway.
This is a problem 1 st generation poz children becoming adults. Why did his parents wait so long to prepare him for being HIV and into puberty before they told him. For a teenager and young man it must be difficult to manage life and not to mention his sexuality in a fleeting 5 years of his teens. I am not sure how I feel or think about the messaging to HIV teens, adults,senior that HIV people who have relationship that include sex can go to jail for years.
LeRoy89
My mother died and my family waited to tell me..hopefully this can be a lesson to teach others...
December 28, 2014 • Youngstown