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Some 2020 Democrats think it should be legal to knowingly give someone HIV

By Brad Polumbo
Published October 11, 2019 3:30pm ET
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Some 2020 Democrats think it should be legal to knowingly give someone HIV
In this March 23, 2019, photo, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks to a crowd about his presidential run during the Democratic monthly breakfast at the Circle of Friends Community Center in Greenville, S.C. | (Richard Shiro/AP)

Should it be a crime to knowingly expose someone to HIV without disclosing it?

Most sane people would say yes. But a widely panned Vox article published this week said that state laws making it a crime to not disclose your HIV status “have only increased stigma and abuse.” And apparently, many 2020 Democrats agree with this ludicrous, insane point of view.

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