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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1732 words (6.93 pages) in the essay titled Aids and Society The number of newborns infected by vertical transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus is increasing as the number of HIV-positive women increases within the United States. It is estimated that while seven thousand of the HIV-positive women become pregnant each year, between one thousand and two thousand of their newborns will be HIV-positive. The transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus from mother to child, the benefits of drugs intervention, and whether or not the HIV-screening process of pregnant women should remain voluntary or become mandatory are very serious issues that affect our society today.The HIV-virus has proven that it is not a disease to be taken lightly or ignored. The HIV-virus is very serious and this is one of the many questions that come up when talking about HIV: Does the baby have rights and should a pregnant women be denied her right to privacy with respect to HIV? Data shows that AIDS is now increasing faster among females than males, with women accounting for seven percent of cases in 1985 and nineteen percent in 1995. The incidences of HIV-positive heterosexual women have risen dramatically over the past decade, and AIDS is now the third leading cause of death among women ages twenty-five to forty-four. The one thing that all of these women have in common is that they all are of child bearing age. Consequently, the incidences of HIV-positive newborns have also increased. As mentioned previously, about seven thousand HIV-in... |
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Keywords: hiv positive, hiv virus, human immunodeficiency virus, hiv data, hiv screening, aids clinical trials group, zidovudine, aids clinical trials, heterosexual women, newborns, placebo, positive women, pregnant women, clinical trials group, incidences, maternal transmission, vertical transmission, drug intervention, thousand and two