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Ban On H.I.V. Positive People Entering USA Lifted

Posted by Nouman Chughtai on Saturday, October 31, 2009


Lifting a 22-year ban Friday on people who have tested positive for the virus causing AIDS from travelling in United States, President Obama fulfilling a promise made to gay advocates, acted to eliminate a restriction he said was 'rooted in fear rather than fact'.
Promising to end the ban before year-end, Obama at a White House ceremony announced publication of a rule cancelling the ban Monday, taking effect after a routine 60-day waiting period.
The United States is one of only a dozen countries to ban people with H. I. V. from entering the country.
The process of repealing the statute on which the ban was based, was initiated by President George W. Bush last year when he signed legislation passed by Congress in July 2008, even so, the ban remained in effect.

The statute banning HIV positive people from entering the United States was enacted in 1987, at a time it was feared H. I. V. was transmitted via physical or respiratory contact. United States health authorities under the ban were required to list H. I. V. infection as a 'communicable disease of public health significance'. Under immigration law, foreigners with the disease could not travel to the United States, with the covering both visiting tourists and foreigners wishing to live in the country.
Because of the restriction, no major international conference on the AIDS epidemic has been held in USA since 1990, even though public health long stated there to be no scientific or medical basis for the ban.
With the lifting of the ban, foreigners applying for residency in the United States will no longer be required to take an AIDS test.
In practice, the ban particularly affected tourists and gay men, with gay advocates saying it led to painful separations of families with H. I. V. positive members, including discouraging the adoption of children infected with the virus.
The administration will publish the new federal rule next week, which will eliminate the ban by beginning-2010.

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