Comments on: Iowa courts stand firm on HIV transmission law

By: PriyaR

PriyaR — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:17:56 +0000

I have been following your blog for quite some time now and I have found this to be very nice, informative and useful. The visitors of this website must be benefitting a lot from the information that you have provided.

There is no doubt that HIV/AIDS has become a very fatal disease and we should take measures to stop or prevent HIV Transmission. So that there are lesser number of HIV infected people in future. It is sad to know to learn that some deliberately try to pass on this disease to others. This is certainly a criminal behaviour and such people must be punished.

By: PriyaR

PriyaR — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:17:56 +0000

By: Donald Baxter

Donald Baxter — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:47:04 +0000

Iowa's law increases HIV stigma and discourages persons from both knowing their HIV status and discussing it. This law discourages public health efforts and should be stricken. Recently a 35 year old man from Iowa was sentenced to a mandatory 25 year prison sentence for having sex without disclosing his status. No intent was proven, no infection took place. How can something that is not illegal in neighboring Illinois be subject to a 25 year prison sentence in Iowa?