Faculty Scholarship
The Threat Lives On: How To Exclude Expectant Mothers From Prosecution For Mere Exposure Of HIV To Their Fetuses And Infants
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2015
Abstract
Great news: the HIV/AIDS epidemic is changing for the better. Bad news: do not get caught pregnant while HIV positive.' Some HIV-related criminal transmission laws have missed the boat. If expectant mothers who are infected with HIV follow the current U.S. health care guidelines, the risk of transmission to their fetuses/infants could be reduced significantly, in some cases to below an astonishing one percent. Doctors and researchers are closer to finding a cure for perinatal HIV transmission! In March 2014, reports surfaced that a baby may have been cured of the virus
Publication Title
Cleveland State Law Review
First Page
429
NSUWorks Citation
Shahabudeen Khan,
The Threat Lives On: How To Exclude Expectant Mothers From Prosecution For Mere Exposure Of HIV To Their Fetuses And Infants, 63
Cleveland State Law Review
429
(2015),
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/law_facarticles/410