HIV Travel Ban Struck Down

The ban on HIV positive people entering the United States as tourists or immigrants has been ended.  The US had been one of only a small handful of countries (mostly non-democracies) that prohibited people from visiting based solely on their HIV status.  When the laws were first passed, people were very afraid of HIV and thought that it was highly contagious, and at that time people only had a few years to live.  There was a fear that they would languish in hospitals, taking up valuable beds.  Those days are now behind us, and allowing someone with HIV into the country is likely less of a burden than allowing in someone with cancer.