En algunas jurisdicciones, los fiscales pueden procesar a mujeres encintas portadoras del VIH por exponer potencialmente al contagio con el virus a sus niños aún no nacidos.
Some countries in Western and Central Africa are enacting poorly drafted policies based on the African Model Law, which makes it a criminal offense for any person infected by the virus to transmit it to someone else or to expose another person to it.