CHLP fights stigma and discrimination at the intersection of HIV, race, health status, disability, class, sexuality and gender identity and expression, with a focus on criminal and public health systems. As part of this work, we support movement building that amplifies the power of individuals and communities to mobilize for change rooted in racial, gender and economic justice. We do this through legal advocacy, high-impact policy initiatives, and creation of cross-issue partnerships, networks, and resources.

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  1. Client Acknowledgment Form, Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services (2007)

    This form is presented to individuals who test positive for HIV in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  After testing positive, clients are asked to sign and date the form, in the presence of a witness, attesting to the fact that they have been informed of behaviors tha ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/29/2018 4:19pm

  2. What You Need To Know About Missouri Laws On HIV, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (2008)

    The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services requires that all individuals who test positive for HIV sign – and initial every paragraph of – a form in which HIV-positive individuals must acknowledge potential criminal liability, punishable by 10 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/29/2018 4:05pm

  3. Patient's Acknowledgment of Counseling of Positive HIV Status, Arkansas Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Programs, AIDS/STD Division (1998)

    This form was created and used by the Arkansas Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Programs to document the warning of persons after they have tested positive for HIV that their HIV status can be the basis of felony and misdemeanor charges if th ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/29/2018 3:57pm

  4. 10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission Harms Women, Athena Network (2009)

    The authors conclude that HIV criminalization leads to negative public health outcomes, increased gender-based violence, and greater social and political inequalities for women. Because women are more likely to be the first to know their HIV status due to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 12/3/2017 11:43am

  5. U.S. v. Dumford, 30 M.J. 137 (CMA 1990)

    This is a United States Court of Military Appeals decision that examines the validity of a "safe sex" order. The court determines the order was not overbroad in its application and affirms the lower court's decision to court-martial an HIV- ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 1:53pm

  6. Rethinking HIV-Exposure Crimes, Margo Kaplan, Indiana Law Journal (2012)

    The following summary is the abstract of the article written by the author, Margo Kaplan. This article challenges the current legislative and scholarly approaches to HIV-exposure crimes and proposes an alternative framework to address their flaws. Twenty- ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/14/2017 11:22am

  7. With Dignity and Respect, Power Point, NAPWA, Vanessa Johnson (2010)

    These slides explore HIV criminalization, and the potential use of alternatives to incarceration as a way to address the human rights violations represented by arrest and extreme sentencing of people with HIV while acknowledging the experience among some ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  8. State v. Ferguson, 15 P.3d 1271 (Wash. 2001)

    Ferguson was convicted of second degree assault and sentenced to 120 months imprisonment under former WASH. REV. CODE ANN. § 9A.36.021(1)(e) (1988) after he allegedly engaged in unprotected penile-vaginal sex with the complainant. At issue in the case is ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  9. State v. Guayante, 783 P.2d 1030 (Or. Ct. App. 1989)

    Guayante was convicted of one count of sexual abuse and two counts each of attempted rape and sodomy of a thirteen-year-old girl. Taking into consideration Guayante's HIV-positive status, the court sentenced him to a total of thirty years in prison. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  10. State v. Caine, 652 So.2d 611 (La. Ct. App. 1995)

    Donald Caine was convicted of attempted second degree murder after he stabbed Wanda Fitzgerald with a needle attached to a syringe containing a clear fluid. Before stabbing Fitzgerald, Caine said, "I'll give you AIDS." The trial court deter ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

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