dx11332sega said:
Lawlight said:
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.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gov-brown-downgrades-from-felony-to-1507331544-htmlstory.html
More at the link but how messed up is that? You know you're exposing someone else to HIV but do not disclose it and infect that person and get away with nothing more than what a speeding ticket offense would give you. Is that really the best way they found to care for HIV patients? Surely there is an extent to how liberal you can be.
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oh no i live in california
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Not sure how blood banks work in the US but doesn't every blood donation get tested extensively, for illnessess and thrown out if they find any, regardless of what the donor chooses to 'disclose'?
I mean someone might be donating blood, not knowing they are infected. Over here you actually get a call if they find anything, they tell you what it is and to visit a doctor and your donation gets destroyed.
Is there any explanation as to why they are making this law? Knowlingly infecting someone with a life threatening/altering illness is vicious and I don't see how downgrading that to a misdemeanor is helping anyone.
