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The Center for HIV Law and Policy's Resource Bank—the first and only of its kind—is a comprehensive database of quality memoranda, research, reports, legal guides, court and agency decisions, pleadings and briefs, policy analyses and recommendations, and other materials on topics of importance to people living with HIV and their advocates. The Resource Bank provides free, unlimited access to these substantive resources to support and increase the advocacy power and expertise of attorneys, community members, and service providers, as well as all people living with HIV.

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Compilations of Laws and Cases
Document Type: Compilations of Laws and Cases  
Date: 2009  
Summary: This state-by-state reference sheet provides the relevant laws granting minors authority to consent to STI services and HIV testing and treatment. It also outlines the ...
 
 
Court and Agency Decisions and Orders
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2007-November  
Summary: A California appeals court found that, although there may be tension between state and federal law, federal preemption is not automatic simply because the state and ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2009-April  
Summary: These guidelines provide recommendations for preventing and treating opportunistic infections (OIs) among adults and adolescents living with HIV. They are intended for use ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2005-August-3  
Summary: This opinion holds that an HIV-positive mother's refusal during pregnancy to take antiretroviral medication (ARVs) to reduce the risk of transferring HIV to her fetus ...
 
 
Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives
Document Type: Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives  
Date: 2010-July-13  
Summary: On July 13, 2010, the Obama administration released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) for the United States. The NHAS is the culmination of work and advocacy by people ...
 
Document Type: Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives  
Date: 2010-July-13  
Summary: 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 ...
 
Document Type: Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives  
Date: 2010-July-13  
Summary: 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 ...
 
 
International Commitments and United Nations Documents
Document Type: International Commitments and United Nations Documents  
Date: 2003-January  
Summary: General Comment No. 3 was issued by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to promote the realization of the human rights of children in the context of ...
 
Document Type: International Commitments and United Nations Documents  
Date: 1989-November-20  
Summary: The Convention on the Rights of the Child (“CRC”) is an international treaty that discusses many of the rights children, some of which are in addition to those ...
 
Document Type: International Commitments and United Nations Documents  
Date: 1976-January-3  
Summary: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the “ICESCR”) represents one-third of what is informally referred to as the ...
 
Document Type: International Commitments and United Nations Documents  
Date: 2006  
Summary: A revised and consolidated version of the original guidelines published in 1996, the purpose of the Guidelines is “to assist States in creating a positive, ...
 
 
Legal Guides
Document Type: Legal Guides  
Date: 2010-January  
Summary: Women who are HIV-positive and pregnant or considering becoming pregnant often face judgment and discrimination from the very medical care providers they rely upon to keep ...
 
 
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2007-October-03  
Summary: In response to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) push for expanded rapid testing with decreased attention on counseling and informed consent, a group ...
 
 
Pleadings and Briefs
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2005-September-23  
Summary: In a case brought by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, two organizations (AOSI and Pathfinder International) that received funding under the United ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2002-December  
Summary: This complaint was filed on behalf of a woman who was tested for HIV during her pregnancy without her consent, followed by the unauthorized disclosure of her positive HIV ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2009-June  
Summary: In this brief, the Center for HIV Law and Policy, National Advocates for Pregnant women, and other amici argue that a federal judge in the District of Maine improperly ...
 
 
Press--Releases, Articles, etc.
Document Type: Press--Releases, Articles, etc.  
Date: 2009-July-09  
Summary: The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), along with thirteen organizations working to advance the health and rights of women living with HIV in the United States, sent a ...
 
 
Research and Journal Articles
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2010-June-17  
Summary: This study reports strong evidence of the effectiveness of HIV antiretroviral therapy in substantially reducing the risk of HIV transmission from mother to child when ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2005-July  
Summary: This article reviews the laws of informed consent and confidentiality related to HIV testing and treatment in adolescents, who represent a large proportion of people ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2007-March-25  
Summary: This synopsis of a recent study on the impact of HIV infection on the surgical safety concludes that HIV-positive patients can safely undergo a wide range of surgical ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2003  
Summary: This article reports the findings when seven health care professionals, advocates, and HIV-positive women respond to the question, "What do you consider to be the ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2007  
Summary: This article outlines the information currently available on the effects of HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy on the menstrual cycle and menopausal symptoms and ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2007  
Summary: (The following summary is excerpted from the article's abstract): Before the availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), there was no clear effect of ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2008-July-26  
Summary: (The following summary is excerpted from the article's abstract): A consensus statement released on behalf of the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS suggests that ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2006-December  
Summary: This study analyzes the effects of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on surgical outcomes for people living with HIV. It concludes that, HIV-positive patients ...
 
 
Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines
Document Type: Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines  
Date: 2009-August  
Summary: These guidelines provide recommendations for health care workers for preventing, diagnosing and treating opportunistic infections (OIs) among children who are either ...
 
Document Type: Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines  
Date: 2008-July-08  
Summary: The July 2008 version of the guidelines includes language that reaffirms an HIV-positive pregnant woman’s right to retain control over treatment decisions that ...
 
 
White Papers and Reports
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2008-March-01  
Summary: This fact sheet, created by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), describes the rising rates of HIV/AIDS among women in the United States and worldwide, and ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2009-January  
Summary: The guide focuses on providing women with the information that they need regarding HIV treatment and care if they are considering pregnancy or are currently ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2009-December  
Summary: This report and guide outlines the medical and legal issues surrounding HIV and pregnancy in the United States. It makes it clear that persistent beliefs among medical, ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2004  
Summary: Because many women do not access health services outside of pregnancy, maternal health services provide an excellent resource for HIV interventions tailored to the needs ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2006  
Summary: Guttmacher Institute outlines the changing sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV as the disease has become a manageable chronic disease. Included ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2009  
Summary: This is a guide focused on healthcare program managers, addressing gender issues in HIV testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2004-February-17  
Summary: This guide aims to provide sexual and reproductive health program planners, managers, and providers with the information necessary to integrate voluntary counseling and ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2007  
Summary: The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) reports on the results of its project Silent Voices, a program devoted to gathering the stories of ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2004  
Summary: This policy vision paper outlines the key priorities for women with HIV as identified by a group of young HIV positive women from across Eastern and Southern Africa who ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2004  
Summary: HIV-positive women need access not only to appropriate health care and antiretroviral medications, but also to HIV treatment support. This paper discusses the unique ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2007  
Summary: (The following summary is excerpted from the article's abstract): The advent of potent antiretroviral therapy coupled with the dramatic reduction in mother-to-child ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2007  
Summary: (The following summary is excerpted from the article's abstract): This paper reviews the literature on the fertility-related needs of women and men living with HIV ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2010-July  
Summary: 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 ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2006-March-01  
Summary: This report summarizes discussion from two international electronic fora in which advocates, service providers, and HIV-positive women discussed services and policies ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2007-December-14  
Summary: The Kaiser Family Foundation commissioned a racially diverse group study of lower-income women with HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami and Savannah to hear ...