India may scrap gay sex law over HIV fears

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Thursday, July 27. 2006

The government's main AIDS prevention agency has filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court, supporting a request by an AIDS activist group to scrap the law.

The National AIDS Control Organization, part of India's Health Ministry, argued in the affidavit filed last week that the 1861 law creates a public health risk.

"So long as the gay community is forced to go underground, it limits the access to them and makes it difficult for the AIDS prevention campaign to reach them," Sujatha Rao, who heads the AIDS Control Organization, also known as NACO, told The Associated Press.

I hope this law gets scrapped. This is covered under the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860.

"of unnatural offences: Who ever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 10 years and shall also be liable to fine.

Posted by Raj Shekhar in India at 11:00 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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If they have equal rights they will show more prudence.

#1 William (Homepage) on 2006-08-13 03:45 (Reply)

In today's fast growing lifestyle, industrial professional like, IT, currency trading health, education or defense, wherever they work, are prone to diseases like Diabetes, heart attack, etc, but "Aids" is proving the monster which is engulfing the whole humanity. We must take care of ourself and do not fall in any suspicious relationship which will cost our life to us.

#2 Akshay on 2008-07-09 13:13 (Reply)

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