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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1137608
You can find my feelings there. I saw well articulated arguments for both sides. I'm still leaning towards criminalization of nondisclosure.
I can see the other side. I just think HIV isn't one of those things where we can just expect the person to "do the right thing" and tell their partner. I'm all for personal responsibility, but what about responsibility for our fellow man? I have all the sympathy in the world for people with HIV. I want them to have access to cheap drugs. I want them to be protected from irrational firings at work. I don't want them to feel like their life is over. But I just can't get my moral indignation going, because someone was punished because they concealed possible life changing and dangerous information from someone else so they could have sex.
Look, I understand that you can have nearly no viral load with well managed HIV and condoms drastically reduce the risk, maybe these should factor into the law. I know for a fact spitting on someone shouldn't at all fall under this definition. However, no matter how small the risk can be during sex, I just feel like that isn't their choice to make. If someone knowing that their partner has HIV and still wants to have sex, more power to them. But when a person doesn't tell another person, they are making the choice for them and I'm not cool with that.
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