I could make this a poll, but there'd be too many choices...

[lovingboth]

The law in (edit!) England & Wales used to be absolutely clear: STI infection during consensual sex was not assault, even when the infection was deliberately concealed from the partner.

But in the past couple of years, there have been three successful prosecutions of men for sexual transmission of HIV. They're going through various retrials and appeals, but the basic question remains:

Should sexual transmission of HIV be a criminal offence?

What about when someone lies about their HIV status in order to get their partner to consent to unprotected sex?

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[elfgeek.livejournal.com]

I can think of at least one group of ppl who are more prone to being conned into 'consenting' to unprotected sex or ppl who don't quite have the maturity to make that informed decision - young ppl under the age of 21. Also especially those who have taken drugs/alcohol of various types (think student party involving 17/18 year olds).