Congress to HHS: End the HIV Ban, Once and For All
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/congress_to_hhs_end_the_hiv_ban_once_and.phpSteve Ralls
September 23, 2008 11:00 AM
Earlier this year, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), along with Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, led a successful and historic effort in Congress to finally do away with the antiquated and unnecessary HIV-travel ban.
The ban, which prevents HIV+ travelers and immigrants from entering the United States, is a discriminatory throwback to a time when we were largely ignorant about the disease and lived in fear of those who were infected and living with HIV. It is, at its core, a prejudicial policy that has prevented our country from hosting international HIV/AIDS conferences and it has put us far behind other civilized nations, who long ago took their own bans off the books
