International Planned Parenthood Federation, of which Planned Parenthood Federation of America is an official affiliate, maintains it is a person’s “human right” not to tell their sexual partners they are HIV positive if they don’t want to.
The International Planned Parenthood Federation’s booklet for HIV-positive youth entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot” says, “Young people living with HIV have the right to decide if, when, and how to disclose their HIV status…. Sharing your HIV status is called disclosure. Your decision about whether to disclose may change with different people and situations. You have the right to decide if, when, and how to disclose your HIV status.”
In 35 states if you or someone who is HIV positive have sex with someone else without divulging it, you can be charged with a crime.
International Planned Parenthood Federation is working to change that.
“Healthy, Happy and Hot” explains, “Some countries have laws that say people living with HIV must tell their sexual partner(s) about their status before having sex, even if they use condoms or only engage in sexual activity with a low risk of giving HIV to someone else. These laws violate the rights of people living with HIV by forcing them to disclose or face the possibility of criminal charges.”
The pamphlet gives tips to protect oneself from criminalization, but does say that the best way to protect yourself is to tell your partner that you are infected before you have sex.
This section ends with the statement, “Get involved in advocacy to change laws that violate your rights.” It appears that, according to Planned Parenthood, Sheen’s right to have sex trumps his partners’ right to live. That should give him some peace of mind.
Planned Parenthood’s booklet says, “There are lot’s (sic) of people who don’t mind whether their partner(s) is HIV negative or positive,” that it’s your right to “experience sexual pleasure” and that “you’ve done nothing wrong.”
Here is the “Healthy, Happy and Hot” advice on alcohol and drug consumption for HIV-positive youth: “Some people have sex when they have been drinking alcohol or using drugs. This is your choice. Being drunk or high can affect the decisions you might make about sex and safer sex. If you want to have sex and think you might get drunk or high, plan ahead by bringing condoms and lube or putting them close to where you usually have sex.”
“It’s not okay to have sex with someone who is so drunk or high that they are staggering, incoherent or have passed out.”
The above post was excerpted from information made available on a post in the federalist.com by Kimberly Ells of the Utah Chapter of Family Watch International
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