There are no national requirements for states to track arrests or prosecutions using laws that criminalize people living with HIV. Research released by the Ohio Health Modernization Movement and Equality Ohio identified 214 cases prosecuted in Ohio during a six-year period ending in 2020.
There are no national requirements for states to track arrests or prosecutions using laws that criminalize people living with HIV . Until recently, it wasn’t clear how frequently people were arrested or prosecuted under six Ohio laws that criminalize certain acts — including sex — or whether penalties were substantially increased. Some of the laws also apply to people with hepatitis or tuberculosis.
Research released by the Ohio Health Modernization Movement and Equality Ohio, two groups pushing for the laws to be reformed, identified 214 cases prosecuted in Ohio during a six-year period ending in 2020. That number is likely lower than the actual number of cases prosecuted. The information came from court dockets, clerks and prosecutors in Ohio’s 88 countie
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