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	<title><![CDATA[Congress to HHS: End the HIV Ban, Once and For All]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-ralls/congress-to-hhs-end-the-h_b_128354.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Earlier this year, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), along with Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, led <a href="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101130264150/archive/1102189839499.html">a successful and historic effort in Congress</a> 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...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-10-23T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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