Description: PART I: Introduction1. Ruth Faden, Nancy Kass, and Madison Powers: Warrants for Screening Programs: Public Health, Legal and Ethical FrameworksPART II: Public Health and Medical Issues2. John Modlin and Alfred Saah: Public Health and Clinical Aspects of HIV Infection in Women and Children in the U.S.3. Katherine Acuff and Ruth Faden: A History of Prenatal and Neonatal Screening Programs: Lessons for the Future4. Timothy Johnson and John Repke: HIV Infection and Obstetrical Care5. Larry Wissow and Nancy Hutton: Pediatric HIV Testing: Social IssuesPART III: Legal Issues6. Katherine Acuff: Prenatal and Newborn Screening: State Legislative Approaches and Current Practice Standards7. Anita Allen: Legal Issues in Nonvoluntary Prenatal HIV Testing8. Patricia King: Legal Issues in Voluntary Screening for HIV Infection in Pregnant Women9. Madison Powers: Legal Protections of Confidential Medical Information and the Need for Anti-Discrimination LawsPART IV: Normative and Social Issues10. Ruth Faden and Judith Areen: Ethical and Legal Issues in Mandatory and Voluntary Neonatal HIV Testing11. LeRoy Walters: Ethical Issues in HIV Testing During Pregnancy12. Gail Geller and Nancy Kass: Informed Consent in the Context of Prenatal HIV Testing13. Nancy Kass PART V: Conclusion: Reproductive Decision-Making in the Context of HIV: The Case for Non-Directive Counseling14. HIV Infection, Pregnant Women and Newborns: A Policy Proposal for Information and Testing

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