http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/718/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/criminalization-hiv-non-disclosure-further-stigmat/15609 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Dalhousie University health promotion professor says Supreme Court decision acts as barrier to public health initiatives around HIV testing and treatment </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/_jcr_content.image_.jpg" alt="" title="Jacqueline Gahagan is speaking on HIV non-disclosure at Dalhousie University on Jan. 15. [Photo courtesy of Dalhousie University]" width="210" height="210" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HALIFAX &mdash; An October decision by the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a law that can see HIV positive people charged with aggravated sexual assault should they engage in a sexual act with another person without having disclosed their status.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/criminalization-hiv-non-disclosure-further-stigmat/15609" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/criminalization-hiv-non-disclosure-further-stigmat/15609#comments Natascia Lypny Gender Governance Health AIDS Dalhousie University HIV Supreme Court Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:45:41 +0000 Natascia Lypny 15609 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca