No Love in Nebraska For STDs

Vintage STD Propaganda Poster

Lets just say you live in Nebraska and you want to get married.  Great news!  There is just one catch your partner has Syphilis.  Well that changes everything and now atleast in Nebraska you cannot get married.

In the state of Nebraska you cannot get married if you have a venereal disease.  The law is very straight forward and obviously outdated.  So if I read this right that means you have to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases to get a marriage license.

I wonder about the person or people that passed this law.  Maybe they got burned once or twice in their time.

New STD Testing Law in California

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AB 499 allows children 12 years of age or older to seek medical care for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases without the consent of parents, including vaccinations against human papillomavirus, or HPV.

The California Senate passed the billed recently on a 22-17 vote.  The Governor can take action on this bill between September 9th and October 9th.