Am I odd for doing this? I don't think I am but then again I have a bit of a biased opinion.
According to avert.org the CDC let out a statement saying that at the end of 2007 571,378 people were reported for having HIV. You still have to think about the people who have not even been tested for the disease. Also one in every five estimated people who have HIV have not even been diagnosed with that disease.
How many women are walking around with this disease and don't know they could be passing it on to their child simply because they haven't been tested for it.
In 2002 there were only two states that required women be tested for HIV once they discovered they were pregnant and that was New York and Conneticut.
Today, in the US and the UK there is an opt out where a woman is automatically tested unless she specifically states that she doesn't want the test.
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