US lifts 22-year HIV/Aids immigration ban

[babylonsister]

US lifts HIV/Aids immigration ban
President Barack Obama, 30 Oct
President Obama wants the US to be a world leader on HIV research


The US has lifted a 22-year immigration ban which has stopped anyone with HIV/Aids from entering the country.

President Obama said the ban was not compatible with US plans to be a leader in the fight against the disease.

The new rules come into force on Monday and the US plans to host a bi-annual global HIV/Aids summit for the first time in 2012.

The ban was imposed at the height of a global panic about the disease at the end of the 1980s.

It put the US in a group of just 12 countries, also including Libya and Saudi Arabia, that excluded anyone suffering from HIV/Aids.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8438865.stm

[Bluenorthwest]

1. An excellent and belated change of a vile ban

That discriminatory policy caused much pain and separation for many years. This is an end to a national shame. One down.

[vaberella]

2. Why is this thread not getting much attention?!

Thanks for keeping us up to date on a great news.

[Clio the Leo]

3. funny isn't it? NT

[treestar]

4. because Obama sold us out to the corporatists once again

Oh, wait.

[Starry Messenger]

6. Because it was posted at an early hour of the morning?

And it's a dupe of a thread that was posted last week in GD. I don't have a link handy, but I know I rec'd it a few days ago.

[Name removed]

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[Parker CA]

7. K&R!

[jenmito]

8. K&R! n/t

[bigwillq]

9. Good.

:thumbsup: K and R

[proteus_lives]

10. K and R!

[Cha]

11. Thank you, President Obama! Nice!

We appreciate all the progress that's being made now and I really look forward to all that's coming in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead. :fistbump::patriot: