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New to the Resource Bank
A Duty to Kiss and Tell? Examining the Uncomfortable Relationships Between Negligence and the Transmission of HPV, Timothy J. Hasken, 95 Iowa L. Rev. 985 (March 2010)
While tort law has held individuals liable for negligently spreading certain communicable disease since the late 19th century, most recent civil cases in this area has ... More
Adams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, No. 09-10272 (D. Mass. June 7, 2010)
In this decision, a federal district court judge (the trial judge) denied the Federal Bureau of Prison's (FBOP) motion to dismiss the complaint of a transgender prisoner, ... More
U.S. v. Dacus, 66 M.J. 235 (C.A.A.F. 2008)
A married army staff sergeant was charged with two counts of attempted murder in military court after it was discovered that he was having sex with women outside of his ... More
U.S. v. Upham, 66 M.J. 83 (C.A.A.F. 2008), aff’g 64 M.J. 547 (C.G.Ct.Crim.App. 2006)
This opinion involves an appeal from an aggravated assault conviction brought against an officer in the Coast Guard who allegedly had unprotected vaginal intercourse with ... More
Systematic Review of Orogenital HIV-1 Transmission Probabilities, R. F. Baggaley, R. G. White, and M. Boily, 37 International Journal of Epidemiology 1255-1265 (2008)
Believing that it is important to have a better understanding of the actual risks of HIV transmission through oral sex, the authors reviewed and summarized all available ... More
Scientific Research on the Risk of the Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection and on HIV as a Chronic Manageable Infection, D. McLay, E. Mykhalovskiy, and G. Betteridge, in E. Mykhalovskiy, G. Betteridge, and D. McLay, HIV Non-Disclosure and the Criminal L
This document is a chapter excerpted from a larger policy report on the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Ontario, Canada. Although it is part of a Canadian report ... More
National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Plan
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Implementation Plan sets short term Federal benchmarks as well as longer-term mandates for multiple federal agencies responsible for ... More
National HIV/AIDS Strategy: President’s Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Agencies and Departments
The President's Memorandum on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) summarizes the responsibilities of individual Federal agencies in outlining a strategy to meet the ... More
July 2010
Obama Administration Releases Long-Awaited National AIDS Strategy
On July 13, 2010, the Obama administration revealed its proposed strategy for dealing with the HIV treatment and prevention needs of people affected by the epidemic in the United States. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy is the culmination of work and advocacy by people living with HIV, their advocates, AIDS service organizations, federal and state agency representatives, and corporate representatives, such as pharmaceutical companies,with a stake in the plan. Please check our Blog for our thoughts on the NHAS. And read the Strategy and related administration documents here: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Plan, and the Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Agencies and Departments.
First National E-Forum on Women and HIV Begins!
The Women's Advocacy Resource Connection Electronic Forum (WARC E-Forum) on women's experiences with HIV launched today, July 12. The WARC E-Forum provides a unique place to report and collect the shared experiences of women and their advocates with HIV-related discrimination in the U.S. and to address the gaps in civil and human rights protections for women living with HIV. The information gathered through the WARC E-Forum will be available to help shape implementation plans for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to help make sure that it concretely addresses the needs and rights of HIV positive women. To join the forum click here.
June 2010
Bioterrorism Charges are Dismissed Against HIV-positive Michigan Man
On June 2, 2010 a Macomb County, Michigan Circuit Court judge dismissed an October, 2009 charge brought under the state's anti-bioterrorism law against an HIV-positive man, Allen, who was involved in an altercation with a neighbor. The court did agree with a previous Michigan Court of Appeals decision, People v. Odom, supported by information on the CDC website, that HIV-infected blood is a "harmful biological substance" as defined under the bioterrorism law because it is implicated in the transmission of HIV. An assault charge against Allen is still pending.
Teen SENSE
The Center for HIV Law and Policy's Teen SENSE initiative advances the principle that respect and accommodation for all gender expression and sexual orientation is central to HIV prevention and sexual health.
Women's Advocacy Resource Connection
The WARC initiative is our response to an increasing need for advocacy models that help to alter these patterns by clarifying and extending women's options and rights.
Women and HIV Listserv
The Women and HIV Listserv is an email list for women affected by HIV and their advocates. It is a place to share news and studies about policies that affect women with HIV, and to discuss important issues that call for the input and collaboration of women affected by HIV and their allies.
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July 2010
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HIV Criminalization and Civil Rights: How Did We Fare?
Comprehensive reviews of the newly-released National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) are still to come, although certain themes have emerged in the first reactions of national AIDS organizations. We consider what the NHAS has to say on several issues: criminalization of HIV, stepped-up enforcement of existing civil rights laws, expanded access to legal services to help with enforcement, and prisoners' rights. Not only are these issues a central part of fighting HIV in the US, at least one has the added benefit of costing little or nothing to address.
June 2010
Serving Double Time or Life for HIV Non-Disclosure: Can It Happen in New York?
By Julie Turkewitz
Staff Writer, Housing Works
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's decision to use a state law allowing civil commitment of dangerous sex-offenders to keep Nushawn Williams in prison — despite Williams' having served his full 12-year-term — has set off alarm bells for AIDS advocates and civil rights experts.
April 2010
I Miss Michael Callen.
by Joseph Sonnabend, M.D.
One of the first physicians on the front lines of AIDS clinical care comments on the meaning and importance of informed consent in the push for earlier use of antiretroviral therapies, and laments the absence of activists who fought to safeguard it.
Sharing Resources
Local and legal services lawyers and advocates are doing high-quality work on behalf of people with HIV. Do you have pleadings, briefs, court opinions, or related materials that could provide good advocacy models? Learn more about using the Resource Bank to share resources here.
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