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CHLP is an abolitionist legal and policy organization that envisions and works for a world where HIV and other stigmatized health conditions are no longer criminalized but met with compassion and the resources to thrive.

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New HIV Criminalization Maps

The new release of CHLP's HIV criminalization maps represent a substantial update resulting from a comprehensive research process and updated methodology based on CHLP’s Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice.

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In the News

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March 31, 2025

North Dakota Becomes Fourth State to Fully Repeal HIV Criminal Law

On March 19, the governor of North Dakota signed bipartisan House Bill 1217 into law, making North Dakota the fourth state to fully repeal its HIV criminal offense.
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March 28, 2025

Statement: CHLP Condemns the Irresponsible and Deadly Decision to Restructure HHS

CHLP emphatically condemns the decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to dramatically restructure HHS, eliminating tens of thousands of necessary jobs and consolidating several departments.
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March 10, 2025

POZ: Watch Advocates Fight HIV Crime Laws and Change Lives

POZ Magazine featured coverage of CHLP's 20th anniversary celebration held on Thursday, February 27 at the Fund for the City of New York.

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CHLP's 2025 Fundraising Campaign

As we celebrate CHLP's 20th anniversary year, we have launched a fundraising campaign to raise $25,000 in 2025. This campaign will increase our capacity to do our work and fortify the organization for years to come.

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Featured CHLP Publications

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Mapping HIV Criminalization Laws in the U.S., CHLP (2025)

February 26, 2025
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What is Molecular HIV Surveillance and does it put me at risk? CHLP (2024)

November 26, 2024
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Model Policy on Data Privacy, CHLP (2024)

November 26, 2024
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Aging & HIV: An introduction to legal issues facing people living and aging with HIV, CHLP (2024)

August 12, 2024
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Impact Report, CHLP (2023)

October 27, 2024
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HIV Criminalization in the United States: A Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice, CHLP (updated January 2024)

January 31, 2024
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Introducing the CHLP Impact Report

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View a pdf of the 2023 Impact Report.

This first-of-its-kind report from CHLP highlights our work to manifest change and advance our mission throughout 2023. Our first year under the leadership of Executive Director S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal was one of transformation and grounded reassessments during which CHLP:

  • Adopted a new mission, vision, and unapologetically abolitionist framework that has become a model for the HIV justice movement;
  • Celebrated the DOJ findings that HIV criminal laws violate the ADA, based on an innovative legal strategy developed by CHLP;
  • Challenged the CDC on Molecular HIV Surveillance policy and created a roadmap for advocates on how to address MHS with lawmakers;
  • Demanded improvements to the Older Americans Act while working to develop a legal primer for people living and aging with HIV, and much more.

The vital partnership of our friends, colleagues, and funders is crucial to this and the important work that lies ahead. Thank you for your continued support.

 

Recent Webinars

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Visualizing the Threat to Our Communities: New HIV Criminalization Maps from CHLP

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Centering Black Voices: How to Build a Successful HIV Decriminalization Coalition Rooted in Racial Justice

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Aging & HIV Webinar: Shared Experiences, Unique Challenges

Kill the Bill: Navigating Through Legislative Decisions and Mobilizing Advocates
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Kill the Bill: Navigating Through Legislative Decisions and Mobilizing Advocates

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The DOJ Findings on the ADA in Tennessee, Part 2: How Advocates are Applying the Findings

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What’s the Hoopla about HIPAA?

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Find Laws In Your State

Information on HIV criminalization laws and policies in every state based on research for CHLP's Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice.

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Latest Resources

CHLP's National Resource Center on HIV, Infectious Disease, Sexual Health and Identity is a comprehensive database of materials to inform and support sound laws and advocacy around stigmatized identities.

Pleadings and Briefs

Braidwood v. Kennedy, Amici Curiae Brief, U.S. Supreme Court, CHLP et al. (2025)

CHLP and PrEP in Black America, joined Afiya Center, Women with a Vision, SisterLove, BlaqOut, and Equality Federation in filing an amicus brief in Braidwood v. Kennedy (previously Braidwood v. Becerra) on appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Mapping HIV Criminalization Laws in the U.S., CHLP (2025)

For more than a decade CHLP has produced an HIV criminalization map that portrays the variety and prevalence of laws used to prosecute and punish PLHIV. This new release of the maps represents a substantial update resulting from a comprehensive research process and updated methodology based on CHLP’s Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice.
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Public Comments to CDC on draft "Recommendations for HIV Screening in Clinical Settings," CHLP et al. (2024)

These comments were submitted in response to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) draft "Recommendations for HIV Screenings in Clinical Settings.”
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