Re: [KeralaAIDS] Will Kerala make Pre-marital HIV test Mandatory ?

Dear All,

It is high time that one has to view HIV as an issue with health and social dimensions, and not as a moral question.

If it is a question of transmission, what is the guarantee that a man would not contract HIV after his marriage? More importantly, what is the guarantee that a husband would not contract HIV from his wife, after their marriage? In the context of extra marital heterosexual relationships, there is always a woman, and the woman need not necessarily be a sex worker.

We are still under the wrong moralistic notion that marriage is a great wall that prevents everything. Why don't we insist on Hepititis B test before marriage? It spreads much faster than HIV, and  is more dangerous.

If the State Women's Commission is not considering all these factors, then it stands the risk of being a regressive body, working on regressive lines.

Regards,

J. Rajasekharan Nair,
Foundation for Integrated Research in Mental Health (FIRM),
Thiruvananthapuram

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