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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen
On the other side of the spectrum but still filed under the 'what in the actual **** is wrong with you' it is no longer a felony in California to knowingly give a partner (who is unaware of the circumstances) AIDS. It is also no longer a felony to knowingly donate HIV infected blood
The reasoning here for the first one is that if you criminalize knowingly giving people HIV, you disincentivize people to get tested because they want to maintain their veil of ignorance. That's reasoning that makes no sense to most people but probably plenty of sense to meth heads. The crime will still carry jail time (6 months). I'm not a fan of the change, I think it should be a felony, but an optimist would see it as a victory for harm reduction over criminalization, I guess.
The second law is being removed simply because it serves no purpose. All donated blood is screened for HIV.