“New Yorkers living with HIV…already face barriers to accessing the care and support they need,” said Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas.
A Queens pol says she plans to push a bill that would no longer make it a crime in New York for AIDS patients and others with known sexually transmitted diseases to have sex with others.
“This archaic part of New York’s Public Health Law belongs in the trash heap of history, and I urge my colleagues in Albany to support this bill in the upcoming legislative session,” said Democratic Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Thursday on World AIDS Day as she announced plans to try to repeal the 76-year-old law.
“New Yorkers living with HIV … already face barriers to accessing the care and support they need, and criminalizing them for sexual behavior only perpetuates racial inequities and stigma rather than combat transmission,” she added in a statement.“The last time I checked HIV is still a transmissible disease,” Assemblyman Jarett Gandolfo told The Post Saturday.
The state statute doesn’t specifically address cases where people with STDs disclose their medical status to partners or use protection. However, disclosing medical history first typically is
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