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Megan McLemore

Megan McLemore

Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights Follow @MeganMcLemore3

Megan McLemore is a senior researcher in the Health and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, where her work focuses on access to HIV/AIDS and drug treatment, as well as healthcare in prisons and other detention settings in the United States. Megan is an attorney whose career has focused on US civil rights issues and international human rights with a focus on prisoners, women, and persons living with HIV/AIDS. Her experience includes monitoring prison conditions for the federal courts, litigating class actions to improve prison medical treatment, and coordinating legal rights workshops for women with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda. Megan has a law degree from New York University and a masters in law, focusing on international human rights, from the University of Toronto.

Articles Authored

  • November 20, 2017 Dispatches

    Eliminating Violence Against Transgender Women in the US

  • October 27, 2017 Dispatches

    While Vowing to Take on Opioid Crisis, Trump Cuts Drug Treatment Options

  • October 16, 2017 Dispatches

    Trump’s Actions on Health Threaten Rights

  • September 25, 2017 Dispatches

    Graham-Cassidy Health Bill Would Hit Older Americans Hard

  • August 18, 2017 Commentary

    A Simple Move to Save Thousands of Lives From Overdose

    Published in The New York Times
  • June 27, 2017 Dispatches

    US Senate Health Care Bill a Swipe at Rural United States

  • March 31, 2017 Dispatches

    People Living with HIV Brace for Further Cutbacks to Medicaid

  • March 21, 2017 Commentary

    GOP's ObamaCare Replacement Would Make Opioid Crisis Worse

    Published in The Hill
  • February 23, 2017 Dispatches

    Fighting for the Affordable Care Act at a Louisiana Town Hall

  • January 31, 2017 Dispatches

    Americans Brace for the End of the Affordable Care Act

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Other Writing

  • Podcast: Reducing Harm and Building Community in North Carolina

Reports Authored

  • November 20, 2018

    Living at Risk

    Transgender Women, HIV, and Human Rights in South Florida

  • April 27, 2017

    A Second Chance

    Overdose Prevention, Naloxone, and Human Rights in the United States

  • March 29, 2016

    Paying the Price

    Failure to Deliver HIV Services in Louisiana Parish Jails

  • June 30, 2014

    No Time to Waste

    Evidence-Based Treatment for Drug Dependence at the United States Veterans Administration Department of Veterans Affairs

  • December 11, 2013

    In Harm's Way

    State Response to Sex Workers, Drug Users and HIV in New Orleans

  • July 19, 2012

    Sex Workers at Risk

    Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution in Four US Cities

  • March 9, 2011

    Rights at Risk

    State Response to HIV in Mississippi

  • April 14, 2010

    Sentenced to Stigma

    Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners in Alabama and South Carolina

  • March 24, 2009

    Barred from Treatment

    Punishment of Drug Users in New York State Prisons

  • December 5, 2007

    Chronic Indifference

    HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States

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