Knowingly Exposing Others to HIV, No Longer a Felony in California

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Knowingly exposing others to HIV will no longer be a felony in California


Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday that lowers from a felony to a misdemeanor the crime of knowingly exposing a sexual partner to HIV without disclosing the infection. The measure also applies to those who give blood without telling the blood bank that they are HIV-positive. Modern medicine allows those with HIV to live longer lives and nearly eliminates the possibility of transmission, according to state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblyman Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), authors of the bill. “Today California took a major step toward treating HIV as a public health issue, instead of treating people living with HIV as criminals,” Wiener said in a statement. “HIV should be treated

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Homicide rates are about to skyrocket

 

[Poitier]

Cut down on the casual sex, strap up and demand test results, Californians

 

[getmoney310cpt]

I love this state but these gay white liberals be on some other shyt with these laws

 

[Paper Boi]

this is where i draw my line on liberalism

 

[MexicanKingpin]

Who voted for this clown

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

California is going to burn.

fukk that state.

Nasty fukks.

Racist white people just want to fukk everything without consequence.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Porn studios about to be doing the most

 

[Carlton Banks]

It's still a crime guys. Reading is fundamental

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

 

[itsyoung!!]

why would someone informing someone of HIV being treated like a criminal ? its pretty fukking common courtesy to even warn people you are around you got a common cold, let alone fukking HIV

this is what we spend our tax dollars and time on

they needa test this mafukka , guarantee he passing the bug around

 

[Arcavian]

 

[Tunez]

Homicide rates are about to skyrocket

This

 

[Dorian Breh]

why would someone informing someone of HIV being treated like a criminal ? its pretty fukking common courtesy to even warn people you are around you got a common cold, let alone fukking HIV

this is what we spend our tax dollars and time on

Nah, NOT informing them and going through with sex is criminal

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It's still a crime guys. Reading is fundamental

See I can't rock with this.

if you KNOWINGLY give someone HIV you deserve to be prosecuted to the stiffest extent of the law

Now if thats a felony (over a year in jail)...