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Abstract
The specter of pediatric AIDS fundamentally challenges elements of the liberal ideological basis of women's reproductive freedom. Many public health officials hold that preventing transmission of HIV from mother to fetus requires efforts to discourage pregnancy by infected women. For over two decades, however, genetic counselors, feminists, and medical ethicists have stressed the importance of nondirective counseling in the context of reproductive choice. The question now confronted by American society is whether it will be possible to frame an ideology of reproductive choice that recognizes the limits of liberal individualism, while preserving the basic features of reproductive freedom.Entities:
Keywords: Analytical Approach; Centers for Disease Control; Genetics and Reproduction; Health Care and Public Health; Abortion, Induced--legal aspects; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--women; Age Factors; Americas; Clinic Activities; Counseling; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Ethics; Family Planning; Family Planning Policy; Fertility; Fertility Control, Postconception; Genetic Counseling; Hiv Infections; Human Rights--women; Inequalities--women; Infant; Involuntary Fertility Control; Liberalism; Literature Review; Maternal-fetal Exchange; Minority Groups--women; North America; Northern America; Organization And Administration; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Pregnancy; Program Activities; Programs; Reproduction; Reproductive Behavior; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; Viral Diseases; Youth
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Year: 1990 PMID： 11653914
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Milbank Q ISSN： 0887-378X Impact factor: 4.911