Vic govt urged to repeal HIV-specific law
AIDS experts have called on the Victorian government to repeal its HIV-specific law, saying it was counterproductive to HIV prevention efforts.
AIDS experts want the Victorian government to repeal, rather than amend, Australia's only HIV-specific law.
ON the second day of the 20th International AIDS Conference, the experts said laws such as 19A of the Crimes Act 1958, which criminalises intentional transmission of the virus, were counterproductive to HIV prevention efforts.
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