2007-02-14 18:01:12 · 14 answers · asked by girlinlove 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
It depends on what state you live in. In Michigan you must inform your sex partner before engaging in any type of sexual activity (oral, vaginal, anal and even sharing toys) before having sex with them.
2007-02-15 04:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by kristal3962 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think it's necessarily illegal, but it can be something that you can take to court and prosecute that person for.
By law they do not even have to inform a doctor they are seeing that they have HIV/AIDS. Even if we ask they do not need to tell us. That is why all patients are treated with extreme precautions because of cases like this.
In our office we had a patient who had a 3 year old boy, was married and pregnant with her second, after she delivered her second the baby got really sick and kept going to the hospital after her delivery. Come to find out, the baby had Pneumonia...with HIV. Later the father admitted to us, he has it but didn't want to tell his wife. So not only did he have it but he also passed it to his whole family. This could have been prevented to the children if he had said something, there are medications a pregnant woman can take to decrease the risk of passing it to the child making it very minimal!!
She could of easily prosecuted, BUT because of her how should I say, ethnicity/race, being very submissive, she wasn't going to do anything about it. After this, everyone who had contact or came in contact with urine, blood or vaginal secretions was tested for HIV! That was scary!
So no it is not illegal but you can prosecute!
2007-02-14 18:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by egomezz007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laws differ from state to state. I would imagine that the litmus test would be, did the person carrying the disease make any effort to protect the other person. Specifically, if he or she did not explicitly tell the other person, did he or she insist on using protection to reduce the likelihood the other could become infected.
I would also image that if that were the case, most courts would then see the issue of informing the other as a question of the ill person's right to privacy. I don't agree ethically with that, but I believe that's what the law would say.
2007-02-14 18:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by Greg H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal for them to have sex without telling the person they are having with that they have HIV/AIDS
2007-02-14 19:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by raven_geisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be held criminally negligent if you give someone aids and you were aware that you were infected before the sex act. More than likely this would be a civil procedure, but check with your state authorities. Laws differ from state to state.
2007-02-14 18:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal if the infected person doesn't inform the partner.
2007-02-14 18:08:45 · answer #6 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people have been prosecuted for this, yes. More and more common for charges to be pressed in these cases.
2007-02-14 18:05:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if a person knows that they have this and dont tell whoever that they are going to have sex with . it is a feloney by law to transmitt it to others with out letting them know . by law you are to let them know but many dont tll who ever they are going to have sex with because it cant harm them but the other person it can . my opion?
2007-02-14 18:07:29 · answer #8 · answered by the_silverfoxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not illegal. Its wrong but not illegal. Should be wrappin it up in the first place.
2007-02-14 18:07:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, it's not illegal at all but that is so wrong. let just ask ourself, what will we do, we feel or we react if someone do that to us...
2007-02-14 19:59:35 · answer #10 · answered by mystic_fish_white 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋