The Threat Lives On: How To Exclude Expectant Mothers From Prosecution For Mere Exposure Of HIV To Their Fetuses And Infants

  • Shahabudeen K Khan

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Abstract


Great news: the HIV/AIDS epidemic is changing for the better. Bad news: do not get caught pregnant while HIV positive.' Some HIV-related criminal transmission laws have missed the boat. If expectant mothers who are infected with HIV follow the current U.S. health care guidelines, the risk of transmission to their fetuses/infants could be reduced significantly, in some cases to below an astonishing one percent. Doctors and researchers are closer to finding a cure for perinatal HIV transmission! In March 2014, reports surfaced that a baby may have been cured of the virus

 

Original languageAmerican English
JournalCleveland State Law Review
Volume63
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • HIV positive
  • expectant mothers
  • fetuses and infants
  • prosecution

Disciplines

  • Law
  • Civil Rights and Discrimination
  • Health Law and Policy

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