Sean McCormick [he/him]

Criminalization And Forced Treatment Undermine Real Solutions To Homelessness | Health Affairs Forefront Instead of confronting the structural forces that create and sustain homelessness, these strategies shift responsibility onto those most harmed by the policy failures that perpetuate this crisis.

The administration’s approach to our housing crisis takes inspiration from decades of oppressive practices; it is nothing new. Ending Housing First support will do nothing to address the failures of our housing system. Enough of this destruction. Call it out.

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These tactics are coming for your community, as they have violently come to many communities across our country.

Last two Planned Parenthood locations closing in Louisiana According to a report by Louisiana First News, the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Planned Parenthood locations will close on Sept. 30.

Devastating news. Opponents of bodily autonomy and health are responsible for the harmful effects their policy decisions will cause. www.wdsu.com/article/loui...

It’s a wholesale divestment of proven strategies and reinvestment in violent, carceral tactics. The EO will have deadly effects.

The administration wants to redefine harm reduction. And people will continue to be harmed by systems that were never designed to protect their health.
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Statement: From Ugly Laws to the Executive Order and Beyond--We Reject Defunding and Criminalization | The Center for HIV Law and Policy The statement from CHLP condemns a recent executive order by the Trump administration that attacks evidence-based public health approaches like Housing First and harm reduction, while expanding carcer...

Anyone suggesting “civil commitment” is a public health strategy is ignoring its racist, classist, ableist, and sexist origins and impact. There is no place for carcerality in public health. hivlawandpolicy.org/news/stateme...

I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.

📣 ACTION ALERT: Sign on to our letter to invest in health, not prisons, by July 29! Learn more & sign @ bit.ly/PHNoNewPrison.

Is it safe for me to move to Ohio as a Black gay man living with HIV? "Knowing about HIV criminalization in the state, I decided to test attitudes on the apps."

An insightful testimony. Thank you for sharing, @juanmichaelii.bsky.social.

HIV criminalization laws are an oppressive, stigmatizing force, even when charges are not brought.

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Louisiana upholds its HIV exposure law as other states change or repeal theirs State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.

PLHIV deserve justice now! www.wwno.org/public-healt...

Guest column: People with STIs need treatment and assistance, not criminalization A bill that would have criminalized folks with sexually transmitted diseases would have been bad for people who need treatment and care, not stigmatization, our guest columnists argue. Here's why.

Louisiana, and every state, deserve public health solutions to the STI epidemics. Criminalization will only harm our communities further.

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5 Key Facts About Immigrants and Medicaid | KFF Confusion persists about immigrants’ eligibility for federal programs, with about half or more of U.S. adults and immigrants adults saying they are unsure or incorrectly believe that most immigrants t...

Stripping anyone of healthcare coverage is a denial of the person's humanity.

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We will overcome these days. But we will always remember when our government doubled down on racist, violent carcerality and the continued disinvestment in working class and Black and brown communities.

Criminalization is a tool of oppressive systems. Isolating people in cages, without communication, is a way to otherize and marginalize.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

An absolute massacre of Black and brown people, especially children, by any metric. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

People will always be deterred from testing when their status can be used to criminalize them. wreg.com/news/local/s...

The terror is the point.

Heartbroken for the kids who are begging for care that respects their experience. They deserve so much more. And these monsters don't give a shit. #Skrmetti

Domestic HIV Funding in the White House FY2026 Budget Request | KFF This brief provides an overview of the FY26 budget request for domestic HIV and compares it to funding levels in the FY25 continuing resolution.

The budget request is a direct attack on communities most impacted by the epidemic, especially LGBTQ+ people and Black and brown people. I'm very disgusted to see that HOPWA and the Minority AIDS Initiative would be entirely eliminated. www.kff.org/hivaids/issu...

Disturbing! We must end the drug war.

Reminder that police lie, all the time. Especially if they are implicated in violence themselves.

The notion prevalent in mainstream media narratives and pop culture/media that police are trustworthy or offer protection or safety is not only false—it is dangerous; it is copaganda.

Health Care Utilization Before and After the US Muslim Ban Executive Order This cohort study investigates the association between health care utilization and the so-called Muslim ban executive order for people born in Muslim-majority countries and living in Minneapolis-St. P...

Here we go again. We looked at the health effects of the "Muslim ban" in Trump's first term: it increased missed primary care & ER visits in people from the targeted countries. This latest round of bans from Trump may turn out to have implications for health as well. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Maryland becomes 5th state to decriminalize HIV - LGBTQ Nation HIV criminalization laws have long targeted people of color.

Maryland *made a huge step* to decriminalize HIV - people living with HIV and other stigmatized conditions face criminal penalties based on their health status. The fight continues.

Maryland becomes 5th state to decriminalize HIV - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/mary...

Wes Moore signs HIV decriminalization bill Md. law named after Carlton Smith

THE Governor Wes Moore made the just move that advances our fight to end the epidemic. www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/21/w...

Maryland just became the fifth state to fully repeal its HIV-specific criminal offense. Congratulations to everyone who worked tirelessly to bring us closer to justice for PLHIV. Let's keep up the work.

Illinois just made HIV drug PrEP easier to get Illinoisans can now get PrEP directly from pharmacists.

Better access, but we need more progress, given the federal onslaught. www.axios.com/local/chicag...

Any work requirements are plainly racist, classist garbage, aimed at depriving healthcare to millions.
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What’s Old Is New Again in Addiction Treatment: The Expansion of Involuntary Commitment in the United States PERSPECTIVE John C. Messinger and Leo Beletsky Introduction The recent confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has raised numerou...

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Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.

These are deadly attacks. www.npr.org/2025/05/13/n...

As overdose deaths fall, Trump administration proposes cuts to lifesaving Narcan program A recent dip in overdose deaths​ has been credited in part to wider naloxone access.

Trump’s proposed funding cuts to overdose prevention services like naloxone are unacceptable. DPA federal policy manager Hanna Sharif-Kazemi spoke to CBS about how cuts put lives at risk and jeopardize the progress we’ve made curbing the overdose crisis. www.cbsnews.com/news/overdos...