Politics Virginia - Legalises the passing of HIV

[Connaught Ranger]

Yes and that is verifiable. And it makes sense...but we are talking about something else.

If someone knowingly gave HIV to someone else, it probably falls under reckless endangerment. No need to invent a new law specifically for the threat of transmitting HIV.

The law was created decades ago so its not "new" also a lot of other STD are not life threatening/endangering in the way AIDS is,
hopefully other US States will refrain from following suite.

 

[Telmar]

The law was created decades ago so its not "new" also a lot of other STD are not life threatening/endangering in the way AIDS is,
hopefully other US States will refrain from following suite.

But you know that a law is useless if the crime can´t be proven.

And as I said, there are other laws already in place to prosecute someone who risked your life. This was a "feel good" law . We have to agree to disagree.

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