A notoriously anti-LGBTQ conservative federal judge ruled that corporations can deny coverage for the life-saving HIV prevention drug PrEP based on “religious rights.”
Even if PrEP did encourage people to have more risky sex, however, it is concerning that O’Connor or the plaintiffs think that employers should have a say in their employees’ sex lives.Texas Tribune
, one plaintiff, John Kelley, while noting that he also opposes contraceptive coverage, said “They do not want or need free sexually-transmitted disease testing covered by their health insurance because they are in monogamous relationships with their respective spouses. And they do not want or need health insurance that covers Truvada or PrEP drugs because neither they nor any of their family members are engaged in behavior that transmits HIV.
Kelley’s argument ignores a number of realities. First, it is not possible for anyone to know for certain that their family members or even their spouses aren’t engaged in HIV-transmitting actions and thus would not need PrEP. Additionally, while HIV does disproportionately affect gay and bisexual men, there are still
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