Friday, August 17, 2007

Church mandated HIV tests

The Angelican Church in Nigeria is requiring couples attempting to get married to undergo HIV tests. They say it's intended to protect the individuals from entering into a partnership without knowing everything about their partner and to encourage people to know their HIV status.

They won't turn away a couple if someone does find out they're positive.

Opponents say that getting tested should be voluntary and forces people to be in denial.

I dunno....in place like Africa, you can't have too much HIV testing. However, I get that their could be all sorts of consequences like ostracization from your community, or of course, your beloved decides not to marry you. But still, knowing is half the battle with AIDS.

1 comment:

Kim said...

This is one of those things I don't even have a comment on because I'm torn in multiple directions on it.