Margo Kaplan
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Margo Kaplan
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Center for HIV Law and Policy
Margo Kaplan is the Supervising Human Rights Attorney at the Center for HIV Law and Policy in New York. Her work focuses on legal and policy advocacy strategies that advance a human rights-based approach to HIV advocacy, particularly on behalf of women, youth, and communities of color. Margo received a J.D. from New York University School of Law and an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Margo's articles
HIV-Positive and Pregnant in the United States
by Margo Kaplan, Center for HIV Law and Policy
December 9, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
In the United States, women living with HIV are often considered incapable or unworthy of having children, and if pregnant, unable to make appropriate medical decisions during pregnancy.
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Behind Bars for Being Pregnant and HIV-Positive
by Margo Kaplan, Center for HIV Law and Policy
June 10, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
While some states do criminalize HIV exposure, a U.S. District Judge does more than this - he imprisons a woman for the mere possibility that she might transmit HIV in the future.
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