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The Associated Press (2008, November 31). More countries make spreading HIV a crime. // NBC News //, p. 1. Retrieved from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27697362/ns/health-aids/t/more-countries-make-spreading-hiv-crime/#.UCrFS1aPX90

Facts: 1.nearly 3 million people are newly infected every year. 2.58 countries worldwide have laws that criminalize HIV or use existing laws to prosecute people for transmitting the virus. 3. In 2005, seven countries in West Africa have passed HIV laws. 4.The countries that are less fortunate are the ones that are mostly applying these laws 5.In the U.S., 32 states have laws criminalizing HIV transmission. 6.Since 2001, 16 people in the United Kingdom have been prosecuted for spreading HIV. 7.In Britain, Canada and the U.S., which are major donors of efforts to fight AIDS in Africa, 8.there might be exceptional cases where prosecuting people who are maliciously spreading HIV makes sense 9.In 2005, a woman in Canada was charged with criminal negligence and aggravated assault for passing HIV while pregnant to her baby 10.In Benin, simply exposing others to HIV is a crime, even if transmission doesn't occur. 11.De Lay said the laws could result in forced testing and drive the epidemic underground as people hide their HIV status, allowing the virus to spread unnoticed. 12.An increasing number of countries worldwide are making spreading HIV a crime 13.An HIV positive immigrant cannot marry a U.S. citizen 14.Some people were believed to be using their disease as a murdering tool 15.There have been many cases in other countries of spitting on people to spread the disease