<< my sil was just visiting, she is an aids social worker in new york, so naturally we had lots to talk about, and yes, she said there is indeed a law requiring hiv testing. however my understanding is that the law said NOTHING about breastfeeding (surely we would have heard, right?) and since jack newman is still not on lactnet, i will repeat for him "nobody can make a mother not breastfeed, they can only provide information to her and she decides." probably just another way to force her to have the test done, since it is usually done prenatally. carol brussel IBCLC laura nevada lactation >> Greetings Everyone, As far as I know this is NOT mandatory in New York, it is HIGHLY recommended that pregnant women be tested for HIV, but I do not believe it has been made into a law as yet. I have a call into the AIDES Project of New York, they are checking for me. What I have been told is that there was talk of making it into a law but that it has not been passed yet. As soon as I find out for sure I will post it. I would think there are some professionals that use this as a threat to get women to consent to HIV testing. Again, I will post as soon as I find out for certain. Roni Chastain, RN, LCCE, FACCE Visiting Nurse MCH/Peds NYC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html