I'm going to start a section called "Whacky California laws." Sometimes I think I could make this a weekly post. A proposed law in California seeks to make it legal to transmit HIV without telling your partner. It was and still is a felony.
I get it, HIV is no longer a death sentence. Thank God for that. Growing up getting HIV meant you had about 3-6 years left to live, if that. Sometimes it wasn't even that long. It was a horrific disease, with people asking "How did you get it?" like it mattered. The more uncaring and cold ones sometimes thought it was an appropriate punishment for drug use or what they thought was illicit sexual activity. I didn't know anyone who thought that way-but I've read stories about people who have.
Even though you can live longer with HIV, it's still not a pleasant ordeal for anyone to go through or be infected with. If you have HIV and are aware that you have HIV, then yes, you should be held criminally liable if you infect others with it. What if that person you infect already has a weakened immune system or other debilitating health conditions that makes HIV more serious? This is another really bad idea from the state that loves them so.
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