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Homos Fight For Right To Spread AIDS Via Bathhouses
"Italy Anonymous Remailer" wrote in message ... Bathhouses are the homosexual equivalent of hetero whore houses. They arrest people who manage and frequent hetero whore houses. They permit homos to keep theirs open, despite the fact that the are killing people. http://tinyurl.com/6puhg 1: J Health Polit Policy Law. 1986 Winter;10(4):729-47. Related Articles, Links The AIDS epidemic and gay bathhouses: a constitutional analysis. Rabin JA. Some legal scholars propose that the right of privacy articulated by the United States Supreme Court should be extended to protect homosexual activity. In light of the advent of AIDS, should that extension include constitutional protection for homosexual men who frequent gay bathhouses? The author argues that although the government has the power to close the baths in the name of public health, it should not do so without careful and conscious balancing against the privacy rights infringed upon by its actions. Balancing the tension between public health policy and individual rights applies not only to the specific situation of the baths, but also to insurance companies' aim to test all single, young, male life and health policy applicants for exposure to the putative AIDS virus; to potential health department releases of names of those testing antibody-positive for HTLV-III; to the military's rumored plans to discharge all personnel suspected of having AIDS; and to school districts seeking to exclude children with AIDS. KIE: In some American cities, health officials have proposed closing gay bathhouses in an attempt to slow the spread of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) by discouraging promiscuous sexual activity among male homosexuals. Rabin examines the constitutional implications of these closings. The rights of homosexuals as citizens to privacy, free association, and equal protection as members of a suspect class are weighed against the state's interest in protecting the public's health. While Rabin questions the necessity of closing bathhouses to slow the spread of AIDS, she concludes that courts are likely to rule that public health needs must prevail over the associational rights of homosexuals. PMID: 3701009 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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