Pro-Choice Maryland

Two weeks after the revelation that a baby has been "cured" of HIV, reports suggest that a similar treatment can cure some adults too. Early treatment seems crucial, but does not guarantee success.

Asier Sáez-Cirión of the Pasteur Institute's unit for regulation of retroviral infections in Paris analysed 70 people with HIV who had been treated with antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) between 35 days and 10 weeks after infection – much sooner than people are normally treated.

All of the participants' drug regimes had been interrupted for one reason or another. For example, some people had made a personal choice to stop taking the drugs, others had been part of a trial of different drug protocols.

Most of the 70 people relapsed when their treatment was interrupted, with the virus rebounding rapidly to pre-treatment levels. But 14 of them – four women and 10 men – were able to stay off of ARVs without relapsing, having taken the drugs for an average of three years.

The 14 adults still have traces of HIV in their blood, but at such low levels that their body can naturally keep it in check without drugs.

Even if these people still have traces of HIV, this sounds like we're on the road to finding a cure for HIV

Sign the Bill of Reproductive Rights if:
-You want everyone to have the right to make their own decisions about their own reproductive health and future, free from intrusion or coercion by any goverment, group, or individual

-You want everyone to have the right to a full range of safe, affordable, and readily accessible reproductive healthcare. This includes pregnancy care, preventive services, contraception, abortion, fertility treatment, and accurate information about all of the above.

-You want everyone to have the right to be free from discrimination in access to reproductive healthcare or on the basis of our reproductive decisions.

From Planned Parenthood:
Women's health shouldn't be a political issue — and it doesn't have to be. Increasing access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, STD tests, family planning services, and other lifesaving care is only possible when Democrats, Republicans, and Independents work together.

That's why we want you to help send a message — if you're a Republican who supports women's health and believes in Planned Parenthood, let these leaders know you stand with us.

From NARAL MD:
Dr. LeRoy Carhart joined the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services at the end of 2010. Dr. Carhart has long been a champion of women’s health and privacy, and his work makes it possible for women to make the personal and private decision to access safe, legal abortion care with dignity.

Today, the anti-choice groups Operation Rescue & Maryland Coalition for Life are opening an office directly across the street from Dr. Carhart’s clinic. These groups are trying to shut down a legitimate health-care provider by opening a fake clinic that will mislead women about their health-care options. They oppose giving women control over their own decisions, but they are okay with misleading women.

We are concerned about the harassment women will face just because they’re making a private, personal decision. We must stand in support with women and our providers. Anti-choice extremists need to know that harassment of women and clinic staff is unacceptable and does not reflect the values of our community.

Please join us in opposing anti-choice “clinics” that refuse to provide women their full reproductive health options in Maryland.

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This is an episode called "Mystery of the Black Death" from Secrets of the Dead. They talk about this amazing link between these two epidemics. Find out the common link of how people survived the Black Death and how some people have partial or complete immunity from AIDS today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRrolqaU7fA