by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
About 2/3rds of U.S. states have “HIV-specific” statutes that criminalizepeople living with HIV (PLHIV) for having sexual contact without being ableto prove they disclosed their HIV positive status in advance. View...
by Sero Project | Dec 11, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
HIV criminalization evolved in late 1980s as a compromise to quarantining people living with AIDS. View...
by Sero Project | Dec 10, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
Specifically, the criminalization, policing, and incarceration of communities impacted by HIV are structural factors that contribute to high rates of interpersonal violence (IPV), sexual assault, and trauma among WLHIV. This structural violence must also be accounted...
by Sero Project | Dec 10, 2022 | Criminalization Help, Issues & Advocacy
HIV criminalization is the unwarranted use of the criminal law to address a public health issue. View...
by Sero Project | Dec 5, 2022 | Criminalization Help, HIV Criminalization Research
People with HIV may be prosecuted for not disclosing their HIV statuses to their sexual partners — even if transmission risk was minimal or nonexistent. They often face more severe charges and sentencing for assault, sex work, or other crimes just because they have...