HIV testing - A standard part of your yearly physical

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Here's the thing -- by having unprotected sex with someone, you're assuming the risk, aren't you? Why should the law consider the person who passed on the HIV "guilty" of anything when the other person engaged in consensual sex with him or her? That makes no sense.

By accepting a drink from someone you don't know, you're assuming the risk that there might be a date-rape drug in the drink...but it's still illegal to slip someone the date-rape drug without their consent, and that person, if caught would be prosecuted.