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Colorado Republican State Senator Dave Schultheis doesn't think that HIV testing for pregnant women should be mandated because women with HIV are sluts and deserve to die:
Democrats were outraged Wednesday morning when Republican state Sen. Dave Schultheis said he planned to vote against a bill to require HIV tests for pregnant women because the disease “stems from sexual promiscuity” and he didn’t think the Legislature should “remove the negative consequences that take place from poor behavior and unacceptable behavior.”Obviously HIV transmission isn't just a matter of "sexual promiscuity". But even if we grant Schultheis that sickening point, the staunchly "pro-life" state senator also believes that the children of mothers with HIV should also suffer the "negative consequences" of their parents' behavior. According to the CDC, the most common way children get infected with HIV is through transfer during pregnancy. If pregnant women are informed of their status and receive treatment the rate of transmission can be lowered to 2%, which would be the point of mandatory testing.
But we wouldn't want to "remove the negative consequences" for these kids, would we? No, of course not, you can't learn 'em that way:
What I’m hoping is that, yes, that person may have AIDS, have it seriously as a baby and when they grow up, but the mother will begin to feel guilt as a result of that...The family will see the negative consequences of that promiscuity and it may make a number of people over the coming years begin to realize that there are negative consequences and maybe they should adjust their behavior.
Why stop there? If we just inject people who have premarital sex with HIV eventually everyone will learn their lesson.
Bonus crazy: Schultheis once argued against emergency contraception for rape victims, because then women would fake sexual assault to get access to contraception.
-- A. Serwer
