Iowa Legislature Rewrites 'Draconian' HIV Transmission Bill

Iowa Legislature Rewrites 'Draconian' HIV Transmission Bill
This photo taken on August 22, 2012, shows a researcher working inside a laboratory of the National Center for AIDS/STD Prevention and Control (NCAIDS), a branch of the Chinese Center For Disease Control. Chinese researchers said on April 23 that they have discovered an HIV-blocking agent that could be developed into a gel to limit the sexual transmission of AIDS. Unprotected sex accounts for more than 90 percent of AIDS infections in China, the researchers said in a statement. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
This photo taken on August 22, 2012, shows a researcher working inside a laboratory of the National Center for AIDS/STD Prevention and Control (NCAIDS), a branch of the Chinese Center For Disease Control. Chinese researchers said on April 23 that they have discovered an HIV-blocking agent that could be developed into a gel to limit the sexual transmission of AIDS. Unprotected sex accounts for more than 90 percent of AIDS infections in China, the researchers said in a statement. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

A bill rewriting the law criminalizing the transmission of the virus HIV will go to Gov. Terry Branstad after winning House passage early Thursday morning.

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