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China: New Marriage Law
China has introduced a new law under which persons living with HIV/AIDS may be barred from marrying. The law took effect on 1 June 1995.[1]
The Maternal and Infantile Health Law requires couples planning to wed to pass a series of medical tests. People with sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis and AIDS, may be barred from marrying; violators would be punished. The law also prevents people with serious hereditary diseases from marrying unless they are sterilized or take long-term contraception. Fetuses with hereditary diseases or severe defects are to be aborted.
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[1] Reported in the [Australian] HIV/AIDS Legal Link, vol 6, no 2 (June 1995) at 24.