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2025 HMM Newsletters
Earlier Years
Media Tracking Indiana Reform Efforts
- 2024 NPR: HIV advocates, organizations talk legislative solutions at first advocacy summit
- 2024 IU Slate: New report, coauthored by Dr. Carrie Foote, underscores the urgent need to reform Indiana’s outdated HIV criminal laws
- 2024 POZ Magazine: People with HIV have been arrested in Indiana for donating plasma
- 2024 Indiana Capitol Chronical: Hoosier HIV anti-donation law used 18 times since 2000, report says
- 2024 WIBC 93.1 FM Groups Look to Change Indiana’s HIV Laws in Relation to Plasma Donation
- 2023 WRTV: Hoosiers advocate for Causes on Organization Day
- 2023 Indy Star: Indiana has harsher legal penalties for those living with HIV
- 2023 The Body.com: Reform of HIV Criminalization Laws Gaining Traction in Indiana but Not Yet There
- 2023 WFYI Damien Center puts support behind efforts to update ‘old’ laws
- 2023 TheStatehouseFile.com: House passes bill decriminalizing blood donors unaware they have HIV
- 2023 WTHR House bill would change laws that address alleged crimes committed by HIV-positive Hoosiers
- 2023 WNDU Indiana bill would update laws for crimes committed by HIV-positive people
- 2023 WFYI Legislation to modernize Indiana’s HIV laws clears House committee
- 2023 WRTV House Bill 1198 would get rid of criminal enhancements for people living with HIV
- 2023 Journal Gazette It’s past time to destigmatize HIV in Indiana
- 2023 Indy Star Indiana legislation would remove harsher penalty for those with HIV
- 2023 WRTV Indiana bill would change sentence enhancements,criminal offenses related to HIV
- 2023 WTHR: Bill would change battery with HIV laws
- 2023 IN Capital Chronical Lawmaker proposes removing stigmatizing HIV language from criminal code
- 2022 AIDS Memorial Quilt to be displayed on IU’s campus: Interview Advocate HMM
- 2022 Wish TV: Indiana panel recommends repealing HIV penalties
- 2022: Campus Citizen: IUPUI Sociology Professor’s Path to Ending HIV Stigma in Indiana Law
- 2022 The Journal Gazette: Science has advanced the lives of HIV-positive people, but our laws are in the dark ages
- 2022 Indiana Capital Chronical: HIV laws, funding for mental health in Indiana justice system weighed by lawmakers
- 2022 Fox 59 Advocates push to change ‘outdated’ laws impacting Hoosiers with HIV
- 2022 WFYI Advocates say reforming HIV laws will help destigmatize disease, improve public health
- 2022 Indiana Capital Chronicle Lawmakers recommend lessening HIV criminal penalties
- 2022 The Journal Gazette: Study committee to review Indiana’s HIV laws
- 2022 Inspire Justice Productions Video: Modernize Indiana HIV Criminal Laws: End the Stigma and HIV Epidemic
- 2022 Indiana State Bar Association CLE Course: HIV Criminalization, Law Reform, and the HIV Modernization Movement-Indiana
- 2021 ACLU Shifting the Rhetoric Around Hoosiers Living with HIV
- 2020 THFGI Indiana Harm Reduction Video – Law Makers
- 2020 HIV Modernization Movement (HMM) Damien Center Monthly Livestream
- 2019 Indiana Public Radion NPR HIV Modernization Legislation Considered By Lawmakers
- 2019 WFYI NPR The HIV Modernization Movement
- 2017 DVN Newsletter HIV Laws and Domestic Violence – Indiana
- 2017 South Bend Tribune: Does Indiana need its ‘duty-to-warn’ law on HIV?
- 2016 POZ Magazine New Group Tackles HIV Crime Laws
- 2016 Working to Modernize HIV Laws
- 2016 IN Law Review Criminalization Of HIV: Spread Of The Viral Underclass
INDIANA HIV CRIMINAL LAW RESERCH REPORTS
- HIV Criminalization Law Research in Indiana
- Infograph: Research, Criminalization of Viral Hepatitis in Indiana
- 2016 Indiana HIV Criminal Law Provider Survey Results
POLICY STATEMENTS
- Jeanne White-Ginder Mother of Ryan White, Statement – IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN Red Cross Statement on IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN Disability Rights Statement on IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN State Medical Association Statement on IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN Interim Study Committee HIV Criminal Law Reform
- Fact Sheet for Law Enforcement: Spit Does Not Transmit
- Call to Action: “Stuck In the 80s” Join HMM-Indiana and Call your Law Maker
- 15 Ways HIV Criminalization Laws Harm Us All, Lambda Legal
- Selected Policy Statements and Support for Decriminalization in the United States, Center for HIV Law and Policy, 2015
- Selected Policy Statements and Support for Decriminalization in the United States, Center for HIV Law and Policy, 2015
BEST PRACTICES FOR REFORM
- Guiding Principles for Eliminating Disease-Specific Criminal Laws, 2015
- Best Practices Guide to Reform HIV Specific Criminal Laws to Align with Scientifically-Supported Factors, 2014
Local Fairs – 2021
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2024 HMM Newsletters
Earlier Years
Media Tracking Indiana Reform Efforts
- 2024 NPR: HIV advocates, organizations talk legislative solutions at first advocacy summit
- 2024 IU Slate: New report, coauthored by Dr. Carrie Foote, underscores the urgent need to reform Indiana’s outdated HIV criminal laws
- 2024 POZ Magazine: People with HIV have been arrested in Indiana for donating plasma
- 2024 Indiana Capitol Chronical: Hoosier HIV anti-donation law used 18 times since 2000, report says
- 2024 WIBC 93.1 FM Groups Look to Change Indiana’s HIV Laws in Relation to Plasma Donation
- 2023 WRTV: Hoosiers advocate for Causes on Organization Day
- 2023 Indy Star: Indiana has harsher legal penalties for those living with HIV
- 2023 The Body.com: Reform of HIV Criminalization Laws Gaining Traction in Indiana but Not Yet There
- 2023 WFYI Damien Center puts support behind efforts to update ‘old’ laws
- 2023 TheStatehouseFile.com: House passes bill decriminalizing blood donors unaware they have HIV
- 2023 WTHR House bill would change laws that address alleged crimes committed by HIV-positive Hoosiers
- 2023 WNDU Indiana bill would update laws for crimes committed by HIV-positive people
- 2023 WFYI Legislation to modernize Indiana’s HIV laws clears House committee
- 2023 WRTV House Bill 1198 would get rid of criminal enhancements for people living with HIV
- 2023 Journal Gazette It’s past time to destigmatize HIV in Indiana
- 2023 Indy Star Indiana legislation would remove harsher penalty for those with HIV
- 2023 WRTV Indiana bill would change sentence enhancements,criminal offenses related to HIV
- 2023 WTHR: Bill would change battery with HIV laws
- 2023 IN Capital Chronical Lawmaker proposes removing stigmatizing HIV language from criminal code
- 2022 AIDS Memorial Quilt to be displayed on IU’s campus: Interview Advocate HMM
- 2022 Wish TV: Indiana panel recommends repealing HIV penalties
- 2022: Campus Citizen: IUPUI Sociology Professor’s Path to Ending HIV Stigma in Indiana Law
- 2022 The Journal Gazette: Science has advanced the lives of HIV-positive people, but our laws are in the dark ages
- 2022 Indiana Capital Chronical: HIV laws, funding for mental health in Indiana justice system weighed by lawmakers
- 2022 Fox 59 Advocates push to change ‘outdated’ laws impacting Hoosiers with HIV
- 2022 WFYI Advocates say reforming HIV laws will help destigmatize disease, improve public health
- 2022 Indiana Capital Chronicle Lawmakers recommend lessening HIV criminal penalties
- 2022 The Journal Gazette: Study committee to review Indiana’s HIV laws
- 2022 Inspire Justice Productions Video: Modernize Indiana HIV Criminal Laws: End the Stigma and HIV Epidemic
- 2022 Indiana State Bar Association CLE Course: HIV Criminalization, Law Reform, and the HIV Modernization Movement-Indiana
- 2021 ACLU Shifting the Rhetoric Around Hoosiers Living with HIV
- 2020 THFGI Indiana Harm Reduction Video – Law Makers
- 2020 HIV Modernization Movement (HMM) Damien Center Monthly Livestream
- 2019 Indiana Public Radion NPR HIV Modernization Legislation Considered By Lawmakers
- 2019 WFYI NPR The HIV Modernization Movement
- 2017 DVN Newsletter HIV Laws and Domestic Violence – Indiana
- 2017 South Bend Tribune: Does Indiana need its ‘duty-to-warn’ law on HIV?
- 2016 POZ Magazine New Group Tackles HIV Crime Laws
- 2016 Working to Modernize HIV Laws
- 2016 IN Law Review Criminalization Of HIV: Spread Of The Viral Underclass
INDIANA HIV CRIMINAL LAW RESERCH REPORTS
- 2024 HIV Criminalization in Indiana: Evaluation of Transmission Risk
- 2024 Enforcement of HIV Criminalization in Indiana: Donation Laws
- 2016 Indiana HIV Criminal Law Provider Survey Results
POLICY STATEMENTS
- Jeanne White-Ginder Mother of Ryan White, Statement – IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN Red Cross Statement on IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN Disability Rights Statement on IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN State Medical Association Statement on IN HIV Criminal Law Reform
- IN Interim Study Committee HIV Criminal Law Reform
- Fact Sheet for Law Enforcement: Spit Does Not Transmit
- CDC HIV Criminalization and Ending the HIV Epidemic
- Infograph: Research, Criminalization of Viral Hepatitis in Indiana
- Call to Action: “Stuck In the 80s” Join HMM-Indiana and Call your Law Maker
- 15 Ways HIV Criminalization Laws Harm Us All, Lambda Legal
- Selected Policy Statements and Support for Decriminalization in the United States, Center for HIV Law and Policy, 2015
- Selected Policy Statements and Support for Decriminalization in the United States, Center for HIV Law and Policy, 2015
BEST PRACTICES FOR REFORM
- Guiding Principles for Eliminating Disease-Specific Criminal Laws, 2015
- Best Practices Guide to Reform HIV Specific Criminal Laws to Align with Scientifically-Supported Factors, 2014
Local Fairs – 2021
Fair
