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HIV criminalization laws... Outdated?
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:32 pm
I watched the below linked video and felt it necessary to do my small part to help affect positive change....Is it time to amend Louisiana HIV criminalization laws?
Currently, even if one is on ART medication and has an undetectable viral load and therefore can’t pass the virus to others, they could still be arrested for not disclosing their HIV status to their sexual partner, face up to ten years in prison, and have to register as a sex offender.
Video: HIV criminalization laws
Currently, even if one is on ART medication and has an undetectable viral load and therefore can’t pass the virus to others, they could still be arrested for not disclosing their HIV status to their sexual partner, face up to ten years in prison, and have to register as a sex offender.
Video: HIV criminalization laws
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Any number of consensual sexual activities may result in prosecution and imprisonment for people living with HIV (PLHIV). It is an unlawful act, punishable by up to 10 years in prison (with or without hard labor) and/or a $5,000 fine for a PLHIV who knows their status to intentionally expose another to HIV through sexual contact.1 Despite the language in the statute, Louisiana courts have found that neither the intent to expose another to HIV2 nor actual transmission is required.3 “Sexual contact” is not specfically defined in the statute or elsewhere in Louisiana’s Criminal Code.4 However, the statute’s inclusion of exposure via “any means or contact”5 suggests that oral sex or other sexual activities posing no or very low risk of HIV transmission are encompassed within the scope of the law.
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:35 pm to JPLSU1981
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Currently, even if one is on ART medication and has an undetectable viral load and therefore can’t pass the virus to others
They still have HIV
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:35 pm to JPLSU1981
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undetectable viral load
Gross.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:37 pm to JPLSU1981
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t is an unlawful act, punishable by up to 10 years in prison (with or without hard labor) and/or a $5,000 fine for a PLHIV who knows their status to intentionally expose another to HIV through sexual contact.
You want to decriminalize that?
Sounds like a legit crime to me.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:38 pm to JPLSU1981
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JPLSU1981
Sorry about your aids baw.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:38 pm to JPLSU1981
I'm not understanding what's wrong with them in the first place
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:38 pm to JPLSU1981
They should get the death penalty imo
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:46 pm to JPLSU1981
I say send all the homosexuals back to Africa
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:59 pm to JPLSU1981
Doesn’t matter. If someone has HIV, they have to tell any potential partners. I understand that the viral load may he so reduced that it can’t be transmitted, but you still have to think about the other person. If I was going to have sex with someone, I would want to know if they had HIV. People are too careless with sex as it is.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:05 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Sorry about your aids baw.
Exactly
Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:05 pm to JPLSU1981
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affect positive change.
ISWYDT
Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:45 pm to JPLSU1981
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HIV criminalization laws... Outdated?
Yeah definitely outdated. HIV isn't a death sentence anymore. It's been relegated to being just an inconvenience that requires medication for life.
HIV is the new Herpes.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:01 pm to MojoGuyPan
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Yeah definitely outdated. HIV isn't a death sentence anymore. It's been relegated to being just an inconvenience that requires medication for life.
HIV is the new Herpes.
I disagree completely. Yes, you can now take prescription meds which keep you from dying. However, someone's decision not to disclose their positive status before sexual contact should still be a serious punishable offense.
I get it, HIV pos. people feel a lot of shame and do not want to disclose because of the stigma around the virus, but their shame and feelings in not wanting to disclose their positive status shouldn't sentence an innocent, disease free person to a life of financial hardship. That medication is incredibly expensive.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:02 pm to JPLSU1981
quote:They still have HIV. Why should they not be punished for not disclosing their status? There is ALWAYS a change they can spread it. Any doctor that says otherwise is a moron
they could still be arrested for not disclosing their HIV status to their sexual partner, face up to ten years in prison, and have to register as a sex offender.
This post was edited on 5/23/19 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:02 pm to MojoGuyPan
quote:How exactly?
HIV is the new Herpes.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:21 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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There is ALWAYS a change they can spread it. Any doctor that says otherwise is a moron
With all due respect, this is why I posted the thread. Clearly there are still many that are misinformed.
There is no risk of sexual transmission with an undetectable load. Every doctor knows this.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:36 pm to JPLSU1981
quote:Sorry. You'll never convince me that a person with HIV shouldn't be required to disclose their status. Anyone that thinks they shouldn't have to is an idiot. If a person with HIV doesn't disclose it to a potential partner, I say they are just as bad as a murderer on death row
There is no risk of sexual transmission with an undetectable load. Every doctor knows this.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:37 pm to JPLSU1981
Sounds like they still have the virus and know it.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:37 pm to Cump11b
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I get it, HIV pos. people feel a lot of shame and do not want to disclose because of the stigma around the virus, but their shame and feelings in not wanting to disclose their positive status shouldn't sentence an innocent, disease free person to a life of financial hardship. That medication is incredibly expensive.
In the beginning, HIV positive people (almost exclusively gay back then) were against almost anything that would prevent the spread of HIV.
They didn't want quarantined, and a LOT of experts suggested that. They sure didn't want to close down those SF bath houses where they were indiscriminately fricking each other without protection.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:41 pm to JPLSU1981
Should an HIV positive RN or MD be required to disclose?
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