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Open Review laws on knowingly transmitting an STI to increase protections for victims

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Launch a review into laws on transmitting STIs to victims to increase protections for victims when someone knowingly exposes them to an STI without disclosure or informed consent, and to ensure laws can distinguish deliberate non-disclosure from unknowing transmission.

People should have the right to make informed decisions about sexual health. We call on the Government to review whether current legislation adequately protects individuals knowingly exposed to, or infected with, an STI without being told, and to strengthen protections for victims.

We believe any legal changes should focus on deliberate or reckless non-disclosure, not people unaware they have an infection, and recognise the difference between living with an STI and unintentionally transmitting it, and intentionally withholding information that could affect another person’s consent, health and wellbeing.

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