Emory University looks at same sex civil marriage bans and HIV rates

Blog Category: admin, agenda, HIV prevention, HIV Health, HIV Testing, media — Blogged by: Keith on June 8, 2009 at 11:59 am

In an interesting story, bans on same-sex marriage can be tied to a rise in the rate of HIV infection a new study by two Emory economists has found. In the first study of the impact of social tolerance levels toward gays in the United States on the HIV transmission rate, the researchers estimated that a constitutional ban on gay marriage raises the rate by four cases per 100,000 people.

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Comment by Dore

July 21, 2009 @ 8:58 am

i think it is a good step.

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