Includes index.

Contents: Warrants for screening programs: Public health, legal and ethical frameworks -- Public health and medical issues: Public health and clinical aspects of HIV infection and disease in women and children in the United States -- A History of prenatal and newborn screening programs: Lessons for the future -- HIV infection and obstric care -- Maternal and newborn HIV Screening: implications for children and families -- Legal issues: Prenatal and newborn screening: state legislative approaches and current practice standards -- Legal issues in non-voluntary prenatal HIV screening -- Legal issues in voluntary screening for HIV infection inpregnant women -- Legal protections of confidential medical information and need for antidiscrimination laws -- Ethical and social issues: Screening newborns for HIV : ethical and legal aspects -- Ethical issues in HIV testing during pregnancy -- Informed consent of prenatal HIV testing -- Reproduction decision making in the context of HIV : the case for nondirective counseling -- Conclusion: HIV infection, pregnant woment and newborns: a policy proposal for information and testing.