North Carolina: HIV-Infected Woman Charged with Having Unprotected Sex

Health department officials have charged an HIV-infected woman with having unprotected sex in violation of control measures she agreed to follow, according to court documents. Virgie Lorraine Mayne Norman, 34, of Gastonia, N.C., was in Gaston County Jail without bond Tuesday night. State law allows county health commissions to establish control measures or rules to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. "This is probably the first time [the charge has been used for HIV]," said District Attorney Mike Lands. "We've had people with tuberculosis who wouldn't take their medication and the Health Department charged them." The warrant states that Norman, "while being infected with HIV, knowingly had sexual intercourse without using condoms in violation of control measures." Norman, who has been charged four times in seven years with prostitution-related charges, declined to comment.

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