A bill that a leading gay rights advocate says will lead to the harassment of people with AIDS appears headed toward approval. House Bill 2183 would repeal a 25-year-old law that prohibits state and local health officials from quarantining people with AIDS or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
US: How well-meaning ideals of constitutional 'equality' are leading to a law that may be used to harass and control people with HIV in Kansas
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Decades after Ryan White, Indiana still criminalizes HIV
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US: New Williams Institute analysis shows HIV criminalization disproportionately targets Black communities
Black Americans are disproportionately criminalized for living with HIV.
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Mexico: Colima Congress calls on federal lawmakers to repeal “danger of contagion” crime
Congress urges to eliminate the crime of “danger of contagion” from the Federal Criminal Code
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DRC: New study offers in-depth analysis of the legal framework governing HIV criminalisation in the DRC
Criminalization of HIV transmission in the Democratic Republic of Congo: lack of evidence, repressive abuses and human rights issues – Critical analysis and prospects for reform in light of the S.M. case
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