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• Compulsory HIV testing for pregnant women in NJ on the cards

  Published: June 19, 2007, 2:57 am

  Tags: New Jersey, Mandatory Hiv Testing, Democrats, Compulsory Hiv Testing

  Jersey Aims At Compulsory HIV Test For New Borns, Pregnant WomenNew Jersey plans to become the first state in the United States to make HIV testing mandatory for pregnant women and newborns, under a proposal introduced Thursday. The new proposal, which was suggested by Senate President Richard J. Codey, D-Essex, eyes at introducing legislation

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• Stuart Rennie on HIV Prevention

  Published: June 11, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: Mandatory Hiv Testing, Stuart Rennie, Hiv Prevention, Reproductive Health Ethics

  they would be tested for HIV, unless they rejected testing. The CDC soon followed suit with similar policies. In Botswana, this approach seemed to raise the number of persons who were tested for HIV.But in South Africa, the 'opt-out' policy is apparently felt not to go far enough: there have been calls for mandatory HIV testing in order to

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