NSW Government’s Proposed Mandatory HIV Testing Condemned
The New South Wales government on Wednesday introduced a new mandatory HIV testing law in Parliament, a move condemned by experts and community organisations.The proposed legislation, Mandatory Disease Testing Bill, seeks to enforce compulsory testing of persons whose bodily fluids have come into contact with frontline health, emergency or public sector workers. ACON said the “misguided and ineffective” law, ignores science, incites fear and harms marginalised communities.