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AIDS in India

India to Impose Mandatory HIV Testing of Pregnant Women?

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 9, 2009 - 7:10am

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A news report indicates that India, a country in which more women die during pregnancy and childbirth than any other country in the world, and whose government has persistently neglected women's health and rights, has apparently now decided to impose mandatory testing of pregnant women to ensure an "AIDS-free generation."

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