The first is the pain caused by the physical assault. The second is the emotional and psychological trauma, which leaves scars that can remain for a lifetime. The first is the pain caused by the physical assault. The second is the emotional and psychological trauma, which leaves scars that can remain for a lifetime.
Rape is brutal enough.
But when rapists test positive for HIV, victims hope and pray that their attackers haven't given them a viral death sentence. Even those who test negative year after year live with the specter of possibly carrying a ticking time bomb inside. Incredibly, such is sometimes the case in Georgia. Several states have recently passed legislation that gives rape victims access to the medical records of their attackers. Georgia should follow suit.