Sacbee : reported that California lawmakers want to repeal HIV criminalization laws

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California lawmakers want to repeal HIV criminalization laws

"These laws were passed at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic when there was enormous fear and ignorance and misinformation around HIV," Wiener said. The study found "HIV criminalization" laws disproportionately affected women and people of color. "It's time for California to lead and to repeal these laws to send a clear signal that we are going to take a science-based approach to HIV not a fear-based approach." Although modern treatments are highly effective, the current laws deter people from getting tested for HIV and seeking treatment, Wiener said. If approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor, Wiener's bill would repeal laws passed at the height of the AID's epidemic that he says unfairly punishes HIV-positive people based on outdated science.

Magic Johnson to lobby Florida lawmakers on HIV

Oklahoma City won 110-93. Magic Johnson, president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers, applauds as he watches the kiss cam on the scoreboard during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game between the Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma City, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (Photo: Sue Ogrocki, AP)Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr., the former Los Angeles Laker great who became an outspoken HIV AIDS activist, is coming to the state Legislature on Monday to lobby lawmakers to ensure the state's health care program for the poor includes HIV/AIDS coverage. Johnson, who represents a Medicaid managed-care company known as Anthem in Florida, contracted HIV more than two decades ago and has since been outspoken on treatment for the illness. These companies cannot deny coverage for HIV/AIDS but they can prevent care in other ways, Galvano said.


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