Groups Look to Change Indiana's HIV Laws in Plasma Donation
Groups Look to Change Indiana’s HIV Laws in Relation to Plasma Donation
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Since 2000, Indiana has arrested 18 Hoosiers with HIV on charges of donating plasma, according to a report released this week. As recently as 2019, Indiana arrested, prosecuted, and convicted an HIV positive person for attempting to donate plasma.
The UCLA Law School is partnering with Indiana’s HIV Modernization Movement to update Indiana’s laws regarding the matter.
In the late ’80s, Indiana made it a felony for people with HIV to donate, sell or otherwise transfer whole blood, plasma or semen for artificial insemination.
There has not been a reported case of HIV transmission from plasma donation in the US since The American Red Cross began antibody testing for HIV in 1985.
