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NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing

State will make screening routine part of pregnancy care

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2007 7:31 PM CST

(Newser) – Doctors in New Jersey will soon test all expecting mothers for HIV under a new law signed today. The test will become a routine part of prenatal care unless a woman specifically asks not to have one, the AP reports. Previously, doctors were required only... Read full story »

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