Mandatory Testing of Pregnant Women and Newborns: HIV, Drug Use, and Welfare Policy

4 Pages Posted: 8 May 2016

Date Written: 1996

Abstract

In this Introduction, the author discusses how the collection of essays provide insightful analysis of biological, legal, and public health issues surrounding mandatory testing of pregnant women and infants for HIV. As background, beginning in February 1, 1997, New York ordered that every newborn in the state be tested for HIV-antibodies. In addition, the results are disclosed to the delivering mother, her physician, and her child's physician, thus raising difficult ethical and policy questions for the Symposium panel.

Keywords: HIV, AIDS, pregnancy, public health

Suggested Citation

Cooper, Elizabeth B., Mandatory Testing of Pregnant Women and Newborns: HIV, Drug Use, and Welfare Policy (1996). Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4, 1996, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2776705

Elizabeth B. Cooper (Contact Author)

Fordham University School of Law ( email )

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New York, NY 10023
United States

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