For my country I picked Australia. Basically, there is no law saying that a person with HIV must disclose their status to a sexual partner, but they must take every precaution to prevent spreading HIV to that person. Someone can go to prison for 15-20 years for spreading HIV to another person. The laws are a little different in different sections of Australia but that is the basis of it.
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From the beginning of the epidemic through 2005, women made up 16% of AIDS deaths. This percentage was actually lower than I expected. I guess it makes sense since in the beginning most of the people who died were gay men but still I expected the percentage to be a little higher.
Works Cited:
People Living with HIV/AIDS. HIV & The Law. Retrieved October 12, 2009, from http://www.plwhavictoria.org.au/HIV%20&%20The%20Law/hiv%20&%20the%20law.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008, August 3). HIV/AIDS Among Women. Retrieved October 12, 2009, from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/women.htm.
That's it, Holly? Just that they can go to jail for spreading the virus. How would you know they were spreading the virus? What were the differences? Surely you could have given us more than four sentences. I was looking forward to reading what you had to say on the subject for this country.
ReplyDeleteOk sorry it's anybody who does any act likely to result in another person contracting a serious disease, or intentionally or recklessly causes bodily harm to another person.
ReplyDeleteThe percentage of women was small and it is sad to say that it has drastically increased! So I see that Australia has something in common with our law. In both countries you will go to jail if you knowingly spread the disease.
ReplyDeleteWhen did you have your last HIV test?
The first time for recieving the HIV/AIDS results is nerve wrecking. I must agree there.
ReplyDeleteSo you're saying in Australia you can have sex with as many people as you want while being infected and don't have to tell your partner. That's scary because you can't prosecute them.
I heard the percentage of HIV women are on the rise now. Especially black and hispanic women.
I also heard that HIV positive women are on the rise. This makes me nervous not only being a woman, but also nervous in general for how badly this epidemic is spreading. It scares me everyday and the further along I come in this class, the more and more scary statistics I learn!
ReplyDeleteI feel like it would be hard for the government to regulate something like that. How could they regulate if the person was engaging in practice that prevent the spread of the disease without notifying the partner? I am also shocked to hear about the jail time one can receive if they spread it to another person. But also how would they be able to prove that it was that person who gave them the virus? I feel that Australia needs to make their legislature a little more specific.
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