In the wake of changes in HIV testing guidelines as they affect pregnant women, including policy changes issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (which in 2006 eliminated requirements that pregnant women be counseled before HIV testing and ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 10/15/2018 6:08pm
This handout discusses reproductive health issues facing women living with HIV around the world. It argues that human rights and public health require women have control over their reproductive decisions and access to voluntary counseling and testing (VCT ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 9/18/2020 3:40pm
This handout discusses current issues around the world affecting the rights of HIV-positive women considering childbirth and abortion and calls for research and laws protecting HIV-positive women's access to neutral and comprehensive pregnancy counse ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 4/10/2018 6:24pm
This report, published by the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), investigates why the world is missing its target, set back in 2001, to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission by half. Based on extensive research on the ground, the rep ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/27/2020 6:41pm
The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), along with thirteen organizations working to advance the health and rights of women living with HIV in the United States, sent a series of policy directives to the Office of National AIDS Policy and related federa ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 11/15/2017 4:38pm
This set of recommendations to the Obama Administration and its Office of National AIDS Policy is the product of a convening of Ford Foundation grantees, consisting of women with HIV and their allies, who have HIV advocacy initiatives targeting the needs ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 12/5/2019 5:50pm
These documents set forth recommendations for the incoming Obama administration to address the domestic HIV epidemic. They were drafted by CHLP and other national, state and local organizations representing persons affected by HIV/AIDS. The documents prio ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/28/2020 4:59pm
This letter, authored by CHLP and joined by seventeen other organizations, opposes a proposed AMA resolution calling for mandatory testing of pregnant women (Resolution 517). The letter cites evidence that informed consent is not a barrier to care and, in ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 10/15/2018 6:21pm
This state-by-state reference sheet provides the relevant laws granting minors authority to consent to contraceptive services. According to the report, forty-six states and the District of Columbia explicitly permit minors to consent to contraceptive serv ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/6/2018 4:19pm
In this brief, the Center for HIV Law and Policy, National Advocates for Pregnant women, and other amici argue that a federal judge in the District of Maine improperly relied on a woman's HIV positive status and pregnancy to determine the length of h ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm