From 2010 to 2015, HIV rates in the U.S. dropped by approximately 9 percent. In Arizona, HIV transmission increased by 35 percent during the same time period, according to the report.
“This is a public health issue that we now have the resources to completely prevent,” Glen Spencer, executive director of Aunt Rita’s Foundation, an HIV prevention group based in Phoenix, told ABC-15. “Right now there are some limitations in state law that put up barriers to young kids getting education — comprehensive sex education in school.”
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Since 1991, Arizona law has prohibited educational programs that “promote” a homosexual lifestyle.
“There’s still a perception that talking honestly about HIV and HIV transmission somehow is a bad thing,” said Mr. Spencer.
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