The conviction last week of Steven Boone for attempted murder raises once again the difficult question of how the criminal law should respond to persons living with HIV/AIDS who endanger or even infect others.
Canadian legal academic, Carissima Mathen, argues that 'sexual assault' is preferable to 'attempted murder' in HIV non-disclosure cases
News curated from other sources
Mexico: Baja California eliminates HIV Criminalisation from State Criminal Code
BC Congress eliminates crime of “danger of contagion”
October 5, 2025
Canada: Google refuses to suppress name-based search results in dismissed HIV criminalisation case
Google wants to keep HIV status of underage Canadian in search results
August 30, 2025
Canada: Reform of HIV criminalisation laws remains stalled amid political delays
Advocates against HIV criminalization decry Carney silence on reform Trudeau promised
August 24, 2025
US: Missouri prison system ends solitary confinement policy targeting people with HIV
A Woman With HIV Spent Six Years in Solitary. She Sued and Missouri Will Change Its Policy.
August 24, 2025
US: Louisiana’s HIV laws lag behind HIV science
Louisiana upholds its HIV exposure law as other states change or repeal theirs
July 20, 2025
News by the HIV Justice Network
HIV Unwrapped: Justice in Every Stitch
July 14, 2025
