HIV Testing of Infants:

Pediatric AIDS Group Supports Voluntary Tests

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 24th, 1995

The national AIDS Policy Center (APC) for Children, Youth and Families opposed a proposed amendment by U.S. Representative Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, to the Ryan White CARE reauthorization bill which would require that all states receiving CARE Act funds have a mandatory HIV testing program in place to test infants when mothers refuse HIV testing.

The APC said it supports CDC guidelines for HIV counseling and voluntary testing for pregnant women that were released in July 6, 1995. Under the July recommendations, CDC urges medical professionals to offer routine HIV counseling and voluntary testing to all pregnant women in the United States.

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