From a legal, ethical, and moral standpoint, they should warn any prospective sexual partner of their HIV positive status. HIV positive women should be counseled before becoming pregnant about the risk to their infant and medical advances which may help prevent the fetus from becoming infected. HIV positive women should not breast feed their infant. Safer sex behaviors may reduce the risk of acquiring the infection. There remains a risk of acquiring the infection even with the use of condoms .
Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
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