Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Intentionally Infecting Others with HIV No Longer a Felony in California

Intentionally Infecting Others with HIV No Longer a Felony in California:

Image result for flickr commons images gov. jerry brown"The new California regulation lessening the crime of deliberately exposing others to the HIV virus was authored by state Democrats Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Asm. Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), and cosponsored by a number of LGBT groups.

Senate bill 239 (SB 239), which will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2018, does not only apply to those who engage in consensual sex, but also covers those who give blood without telling the blood bank that they are HIV-positive, even when they do so with the specific intent of infecting patients with the contagious virus."

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