Reject mandatory HIV tests – solons

A mandatory human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing for those at risk of contracting the HIV infection is tantamount to bringing back Adolf Hitler’s Nazi rule characterized by discrimination and cruelty, lawmakers said on Friday.

Congressmen Romero Quimbo of Marikina City, Rodel Batocabe of Ako Bicol party-list, Ibarra Gutierrez of Akbayan party-list, Terry Ridon of Kabaataan party-list and Luz Ilagan of Gabriela party-list protested against the statement of Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Eric Tayag that DOH Sec. Enrique Ona was mulling a shift from voluntary to compulsory testing.