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9/22/2022 10:55am

Virginia Supreme Court Ruling Vindicates Activist

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The decision by the Virginia Supreme Court in Baughman v. Virginia validates the main argument in CHLP's amicus brief and ends the state’s latest efforts to indefinitely civilly commit activist Galen Baughman as a “sexually violent predator.”

7/25/2022 1:59pm

CHLP Announces Leadership Change

Mandisa Moore-O’Neal will become Executive Director in October as Founder Catherine Hanssens steps into a strategy advisor role.

7/7/2022 1:30pm

White House Office of National AIDS Policy Hosts Historic Prosecutor Roundtable on HIV Criminal Law

CHLP and the APA in partnership with the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, convened nearly 50 state prosecutors, attorneys general, federal officials and national infectious disease experts at the White House to consider concrete ways to modernize state criminal laws and the criminal justice response to HIV-specific criminal laws.

6/13/2022 5:30pm

Congressional Resolution Introduced to Protect Reproductive and Sexual Health Care

CHLP recently joined 150+ organizations in endorsing a congressional resolution that defends reproductive and sexual healthcare and disapproves of the criminalization of pregnancy outcomes.

6/8/2022 10:08am

CHLP Joins The Well Project for Webinar on Breastfeeding, HIV and Criminalization

On Tuesday, June 14, at 2pm ET, CHLP's Catherine Hanssens joins The Well Project's Ciarra Covin for Leadership Exchange LIVE (BEEEBAH edition). Ci Ci relates her personal experiences as a woman living with HIV, new parent, and advocate; Catherine shares insights from her work as an attorney who has been active in HIV legal and policy issues since 1984.