Alissa Keny-Guyer: Says "in Oregon only 41 percent of adults have ever been tested" for HIV.

PolitiFact Oregon:

The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Have only 41 percent of Oregon adults ever been tested for HIV?

The Oregon House recently took up a bill that would change the way in which health care providers get consent to test patients for HIV. Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer, the House’s newest member, was one of the carriers of the legislation. She gave a moving floor speech, invoking the memory of her father who passed away from complications due to AIDS in the 1980s. "Much has changed in the past 24 years," she said. "Treatment has reduced transmission." Indeed, she noted, a study last year found that those who were being treated for ... >> More

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