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Advocates have demanded change for decades. Canada’s government says there’s no path forward for legal reform. Since 1989 in Canada, more than 200 people have faced charges related to HIV non-disclosure. Here, a person can be charged for not disclosing…

Translated with Deepl. For original article in Spanish, please scroll down. Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas.- People living with HIV in the state of Tamaulipas face not only the challenge of their health condition, but also the threat of criminalisation. Furthermore, Article…

On June 2, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee held a hearing to debate HB632, “Decriminalizing HIV in Pennsylvania.” The bill, primarily sponsored by Philadelphia Rep. Ben Waxman (D-Dist 182), if enacted, would remove the last bit of criminal stigma attached…

A bill that would make it a felony to “knowingly and intentionally infect” someone with an incurable sexually transmitted disease, or STD, is one step closer to passage after a tight committee vote on Wednesday (May 28). The bill —…

Translated with Deepl. Scroll down for original article in Spanish. Its existence in the Penal Code has served more as a tool for repression, has dissuaded people from going to health services and has sown fear in people living with…

Translated with Deepl. Scroll down for the original article in Spanish. They demanded to eliminate article 302 of the Tlaxcala Criminal Code, which criminalizes people living with HIV under the figure of “danger of contagion”, considering it obsolete and stigmatizing….

State advocates succeed in making Maryland the 5th U.S. state to repeal biased HIV criminalization laws  (Washington, DC) – Today, the governor of Maryland signed a bill repealing the state’s HIV criminal offense, making it the fifth state to do…

A Louisiana House committee shelved a bill Wednesday that would have made it illegal for someone to “intentionally” expose another person to an “incurable” sexually transmitted disease after steep concerns that criminalization could worsen the state’s proliferating STD rates. This…

A Louisiana lawmaker has introduced a bill that would create new crimes for knowingly and intentionally exposing someone to a sexually transmitted disease without their informed consent. House Bill 76, sponsored by state Rep. Patricia Moore (D-Monroe), would establish two…

By Chad Clarke with contributions from Colin Johnson  The Government of Canada has broken its promise to reform the laws that criminalize people living with HIV. In November 2024, the Federal Justice Minister’s office informed the Canadian Coalition to Reform…

This week, Gov. Kelly Armstrong signed into law House Bill 1217, legislation to reform North Dakota’s outdated laws that unfairly criminalized and stigmatized people living with HIV. North Dakota is the fourth state in the country to fully repeal HIV…

Translated with Deepl.com – Scroll down for original article The Verkhovna Rada has approved a bill presented by Oleksandra Ustinova, which proposes to remove a separate article for HIV infection from the Criminal Code. According to the authors, the criminalisation…

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — It took years of effort, but one new bill that passed the senate on Thursday will head to Governor Kelly Armstrong’s desk. House Bill 1217 removes the criminal penalty for people living with HIV in North…

Translated from Spanish with Google Translate – Scroll down for original article Antonio Escobar Muñoz, activist and director of the HIV and Human Rights Program of the LGBTQI+ Tlaxcala Collective, made a statement at the state congress against the criminalization…

South Australia is moving to bring in laws forcing people to be tested for HIV despite a report in New South Wales describing similar legislation as ineffective and unneeded. Health organisation Thorne Harbour Health has expressed strong opposition to the…

The Biden administration sued Tennessee over targeting people living with HIV, most of whom were Black, but Trump has canceled potential future efforts in other states. A year after the Biden administration laid a blueprint for the federal government to…

With six Ohio decades-old laws still currently on the books that criminalize living with HIV, there is a new effort to give voice to the negative consequences ​and long-term impacts of the laws. The Equality Ohio Education Fund and  Ohio…

Translated from Portuguese with Google translate. Scroll down for original article. The National Institute for the Fight Against AIDS assures that the country will soon know a new legislation on the discrimination of people living with AIDS. According to the…

The repeal of the offence of risk of transmission in the state territory is still pending on the local legislative agenda, said the president of the Network of Diverse Defenders of the State of Mexico, Jorge Leonardo Espinoza López. The…

Repeal supporters call current law discriminatory and ineffective at stopping spread of HIV. Legislation that would remove a criminal penalty for intentionally transferring HIV to another person sailed through both the House and Senate chambers this week, garnering bipartisan support…

With a 50-43 vote, the House passed a bill to downgrade the crime of intentional HIV transmission from a felony to a misdemeanor, aligning the charge with other intentional disease transmission. The criminal charge associated with knowingly infecting someone with…

Translated with Deepl.com – Scroll down for original article in Spanish The offence that penalises HIV carriers who have sexual contact with others is still in force. Morena has not supported the initiative to repeal it presented by deputy Magaly…

Lashanda Salinas and Kerry Thomas share their experiences of being incarcerated under state HIV criminalization laws—and talk about how they’re working to change them In 2006, a former boyfriend accused Lashanda Salinas of never having disclosed her HIV status while…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — A member of the Senate announced plans to introduce legislation that would decriminalize HIV in the Commonwealth. The bill, authored by Senator Vincent Hughes (D – Montgomery, Philadelphia), would end criminal penalties based on someone having…