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U.S. Senate Approves Repeal of Discriminatory HIV Travel and Immigration Ban

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U.S. Senate Approves Repeal of Discriminatory HIV Travel and Immigration Ban

Healthnewsdigest
7/17/2008

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, praised the U.S. Senate today for approving the repeal of our nation's discriminatory law barring HIV-positive visitors and immigrants. Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) secured a provision to repeal this ban in the Senate's legislation to reauthorize PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The PEPFAR bill passed the Senate today with the Kerry-Smith provision by a vote of 80 to 16 and now moves to conference committee before being sent to the President.


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