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Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law
Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law

Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law(2015)

  • English
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  • 27 mins
  • Nov 26, 2015

OVERVIEW

In their own words, eight women — leading feminist scholars, attorneys and women living with HIV — shine a light on the problems of using sexual assault law to prosecute alleged non-disclosure of HIV. Does the legal concept of consent, intended to protect women’s sexual autonomy, in fact increase their risk of violence and discrimination when used to criminalize HIV?

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