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News, information, and commentary by The Center for HIV Law and Policy.

4/11/2019 3:52pm

Ending Punishment Fever...The Appeal Examines Laws that Land PLHIV on Sex Offender Registries

CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens spoke with The Appeal about how criminalizing consensual sexual contact is a “pointless, dangerous and stigmatizing response” to a public health issue, and how reform efforts must end the “irrational and unconscionable” use of sex offender registries.

4/11/2019 1:55pm

CHLP Joins LGBTQ Allies in Calling on Congress to Fund Legal Services Corporation

CHLP joined 40+ LGBTQ and allied organizations in a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee members expressing strong support for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) against a Trump administration move to remove all funding for LSC from the 2020 budget. For the third year in a row, the president's proposed budget eliminates all requested funding for LSC, which serves nearly 2 million low-income people by providing critical legal representation each year.

4/3/2019 11:47am

HIV Advocates, Medical and Legal Organizations Oppose Proposed Elimination of Notice and Consent Prior to HIV Testing

3/13/2019 1:36pm

Reform for Some is Not Reform...Filter Magazine Looks at Decriminalizing HIV

CHLP Staff Attorney Jada Hicks spoke with Filter magazine about how the Florida law does have some positive reforms but does not decriminalize those most affected by not addressing existing sentencing enhancements that are leveled against sex workers who are HIV positive.

2/6/2019 12:17pm

HIV Advocates Take President to Task Over “Plan” to End HIV Epidemic in State of the Union Address

At the State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 6, the President proposed ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.

“In recent years we have made remarkable progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Scientific breakthroughs have brought a once-distant dream within reach. My budget will ask Democrats and Republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years. We have made incredible strides. Incredible. Together, we will defeat AIDS in America…and beyond."