U.S.: extended jail sentence of HIV-positive pregnant woman from Cameroon overturned.
In May 2009, a U.S. District Court judge sentenced Quinta Layin Tuleh, a pregnant HIV-positive woman from Cameroon, to 238 days incarceration for the possession of fake immigration documents. The judge defended the extended sentence on the grounds that it was necessary to protect her "unborn child" from contracting HIV.
Skanland
Celeste A
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D002163:Cameroon / Q000208:ethnology; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011329:Prisoners; D014481:United States