“We have a situation in Iowa where the law did not differentiate between exposure and transmission,” says Sen. Matt McCoy. He’s introducing a bill that he says will modernize the law and recognize that people with HIV can lead healthy lives. “What we wanted to do was de-stigmatize HIV,” says McCoy. ”We have a separate statute for HIV. We don’t have a separate statute for tuberculosis or other contagious diseases.”
US: Interview with Senator Matt McCoy on modernising Iowa's HIV criminal law
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