much to us christopher chambers journalism professor at georgetown university well today is national i.v. testing in america that's pretty rare that you find people openly discussing estes or freely talking about their hiv diagnosis that people that tell others are on a need to know basis what if someone doesn't feel like there is a need to know basis if someone has hiv should they be forced to tell their partner and if they don't should it be a crime on many states is forty five states have laws against hiv positive people not disclosing their status during sex prostitution needle exchanges or when making donations of fluid. someone break the law are sentenced to twenty five years in prison so is it up to the state to decide or should this issue stay among the morality of the citizenry to discuss more catherine hansen's executive director and founder of the center for hiv law and policy joined me earlier to discuss. i'm not the first person to say this but lots of people like to have sex but don't seem to like to talk about it and singling out big a as the only condition which must be reported t