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New York HIV Testing Law Challenged
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 28th, 1997
The HIV Law Project filed a preliminary order in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, asking that names not be used for the plaintiffs in the case, some of whom are infants.
The project's lawyer, Theresa McGovern, said the group expected to file a class action lawsuit, but would not do so if the plaintiffs' identities were made public in court action.
The court papers charge that the women are being treated unfairly according to the...
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