Government (Policy)

Groups Oppose State Bill To Require Testing Pregnant Women, Babies

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 1999

Lawmakers in the U.S. are wrestling with how to prevent pediatric AIDS, while ensuring that the government does not violate the rights of pregnant women.

Connecticut state health officials testified against a bill before the Public Health Committee that would require doctors to test expectant mothers and newborns for HIV.

Acting Health Commissioner Norma Gyle said testing should be voluntary, not mandatory, for fear the tests would scare women away from prenatal care and would invade their privacy. Doctors instead should be required to advise expectant mothers to be tested, along with standard prenatal tests for syphilis, hepatitis, and other...

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