Earlier this month, the Obama administration detailed a plan asking states to phase out laws that make HIV transmission a crime. In Colorado, the move would affect at least three laws related to sex crimes and prostitution. Attorney General John Suthers, however, disagreed with the White House plan, saying that even though prosecuting attorneys may rarely use the laws to level criminal charges, the laws may well have a deterrent effect and should not be stricken from the books.
“Just because those sorts of cases are rare doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have laws that deal with those situations– knowing transmission of disease,” said Attorney General spokesperson Mike Saccone, pointing to the high-profile Colorado case last year where a surgery technician with Hepatitis C infected patients at the Rose Medical Center in Denver and the Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs.
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In Colorado, it’s a crime to fail to disclose HIV positive status when engaging in prostitution, which is a serious Class 5 felony. Colorado laws also increase sentences for sex criminals who fail to disclose HIV positive status.

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