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90 Tul. L. Rev. 209 (2015-2016)

handle is hein.journals/tulr90 and id is 229 raw text is: Burning the Family Silver: A Plea To Reform Louisiana's Antiquated HIV-Exposure Law Hayley H. Fritchie* Louisianak HtV-exposure law is outdated and unjustified Despite consistent scientific reports on transmission of die virus, II -positive Louisiana residents are being repeatedly arrested for conduct thatposes negligible isks ofHtV iansmission. Whileprosecutors admit that these arrestees could never be successfully charged under the law, the current statute detrimentally affects tIHV ftansission rates in Louisiana, which are at the top of the national scale. Louisiana Revised Statutes section 14:43.5 must be amended to crminalize only malicious HIV exposure through scientifically confirmed modes of transmission. This Comment proposes an amended statute that criminalizes the intentional exposure of lI V through substantial and unjustifiable isks of tansmission, finally rdding the statute of scientific inaccuracies and allowing the law to adapt as Htt/knowledge progresses. I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 210 II. HIV: MYTHS AND REALITIES ..................................................... 211 A. Background................................................ 211 B. HIV Transmission ........................................................ 212 C HIVin Louisiana .......................................................... 214 III. CRIMINALIZATION OF HJV .......................................................... 216 A. The Movement To Criminalize .................................... 216 B. Louisiana 's HIV-Specific Statute ................................ 218 IV. CRITICISMS OF SECTION 14:43.5 ................................................. 222 A. The Criminalization ofInnocent Behavior .................. 222 B. Indistinguishable Levels of Culpability ....................... 224 C A ID S Virus ............................................................... 225 V. PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS .................................................... 226 A. Misconceptions About HIV/AIDS .............................. 226 B. Public Health: Testing and Shared Sexual R esp onsibility .............................................................. 228 C Inadequate Penological Justification ............................ 230 D. HIVAIDS Stigma ........................................................ 233 E. Failure To Achieve Purported Goals ........................... 233 * © 2015 Hayley H. Fritchie. J.D. candidate 2016, Tulane University Law School; B.S. 2013, Tulane University. Thank you to Professor Jancy Hoeffel for her thoughtful feedback and unwavering encouragement. I am also grateful to the dedicated editors and staff of the Tulane Law Review This Comment was written in loving memory of Michael Fritchie, Lewis W Eaton II, and my godfather Rauhman M. Browning, Jr. Mama, thank you for letting Uncle Romie hug and kiss your babies, even though you were scared. 209

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