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Translated from Russian via Deepl.com. For original article, please scroll down. Fedot Tumusov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Health Committee, has sent for review to the Russian Government a draft law proposing to abolish mandatory deportation of foreigners…

The Missouri House overwhelmingly backed legislation Monday to ease access to drugs that can help prevent HIV infection, one of several measures lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates are backing in the Legislature this year. Rep. Phil Christofanelli, R-St. Peters, garnered…

The Illinois House Judiciary Criminal Committee advanced two bills Tuesday with unanimous support, one to decriminalize transmission of HIV and another to expand protections for survivors of sexual assault. An amendment to House Bill 1063, introduced by Democratic state Rep….

Automated translation via Deepl.com – For original article in Russian, please scroll down. Representatives of the Regional Expert Group on the Health of Migrants in the EECA region called the current practice of deporting migrants with HIV in Russia not…

The February arrest of a Dayton man is highlighting Ohio’s laws on HIV criminalization and the need for reform. The 50-year-old Dayton resident faces charges of felony assault after police say he offered an undercover detective oral sex during a…

RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Governor Ralph Northam has finished taking action on legislation that passed during the special session of the General Assembly. According to a release, he signed several bills, including measures to ensure schools provide safe, in-person…

Sen. Dallas Harris (D-Las Vegas) has introduced a bill that would modernize the state’s laws on human immunodeficiency virus by treating HIV in the same way as other communicable diseases. The bill aims to reverse practices established decades ago during the height…

A central Pennsylvania lawmaker’s bill to potentially give prison time to anyone who intentionally spits on a cop is on its way to the state Senate. The state House voted 146-56 earlier this week to approve the bill sponsored by Rep. Louis Schmitt (R-Blair)…

Automatic Google translation, for original article in Russian, please scroll down. Author: Ekaterina Ivaschenko Russia is one of 19 countries in the world where HIV is the basis for deportation. In practice, when migrants find out about their positive status, they…

The Georgia Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to modernize the state’s HIV laws on Monday. The bipartisan show of support impressed HIV activists fighting for years to reform state laws that criminalize HIV. Senate Bill 164 won approval with a 50-2…

March 8, 2021 • By Trenton Straube Virginia’s governor is likely to sign a bill to update HIV crime laws, but AIDS advocates claim it doesn’t go far enough. State legislators in Virginia passed a bill that will update HIV crime laws, including those…

Imagine you are a transgender Black woman in Florida. You are already facing housing and workplace discrimination, gender-based violence and social and institutional racism. One of your few options for financial support is sex work, but you do not plan…

Bill would provide incentives to states to repeal laws that impose criminal penalties for alleged HIV exposure. The co-chairs of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus have introduced a bill to modernize laws regarding HIV and eliminate discrimination against people living with…

Legislation was introduced in Springfield today to end criminal penalties against people living with HIV (PLWH), which serve only to stigmatize and discriminate against PLWH. Current Illinois law makes legal behavior – like consensual sex – illegal, and adds harsh…

The violence against persons prohibition law also stipulates death penalty for rape convicts who infect their victims with HIV/AIDS. The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a law that stipulates a life sentence for rape. The violence against…

A Republican state lawmaker leads a bipartisan effort to modernize the state’s HIV laws, which critics say aren’t rooted in science and stigmatize people living with HIV. Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican from Rome, introduced Senate Bill 164 on Feb….

NSW Health says a proposed law enabling authorities to force people to undergo testing for bloodborne diseases could actually put frontline workers at greater risk. The department’s evidence to a parliamentary committee came as a senior NSW police official said…

Thirty years ago, HIV was largely considered to be a death sentence. At a time when the disease was little-understood, even within the health care community,  Virginia joined dozens of states in passing laws that criminalized “infected sexual battery” —…

The deputy of the Citizen Movement, Juan Martín Espinoza Cárdenas, proposed to punish from three to eight years in prison and a fine of 80 days to those who do not use or stop using a condom during sexual intercourse without…

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief Members of the public who violate lockdown regulations now risk paying a spot fine of $5 000 while those found guilty of deliberately transmitting HIV can pay up to $1,6 million. Fines have been reviewed upwards…

This report provides a summary of key developments in the legal environment for HIV responses in Asia and the Pacific. It is the product of a desk review conducted for UNAIDS and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2019….

Human rights defenders are trying to achieve the return of HIV / AIDS to the list of diseases that are the basis for presenting convicts with release from serving their sentences. According to the public foundation “Positive dialogue”, HIV /…

The bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Gretchen Dobervich, D-Fargo, said the penalty for knowingly transmitting HIV is unfairly harsh and doesn’t align with the infractions North Dakotans face if they willfully infect someone with any other sexually transmitted disease, such as…

Equality Virginia Executive Director Vee Lamneck on Monday announced HIV decriminalization is among their organization’s legislative priorities during the 2021 legislative session that begins this week. “Virginia is one of 37 states with outdated laws targeting and punishing people based…