On Oct. 5, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in two cases dealing with the tricky issues of criminal liability for HIV nondisclosure. The court ruled that people living with HIV have a legal duty to tell their sexual partners about their HIV infection except in a narrow set of circumstances – where the risk that HIV would be transmitted approaches zero.
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network's Alison Symington's powerful op-ed in Toronto's biggest daily
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