Halle Parker (Verite News)

A Louisiana House committee shelved a bill Wednesday (May 7) that would have made it illegal for someone to “intentionally” expose another person to an “incurable” sexually transmitted disease after steep concerns that criminalization could worsen the state’s proliferating STD rates.

This year, the United States has recorded more measles cases to date than it’s seen since the highly contagious virus was deemed eliminated 25 years ago. And that includes two in Louisiana.