AIDS is now a disease primarily of disadvantaged people of color, and
a particularly vulnerable group is poor women of color. This article
presents a general view of HIV testing from the perspective of the
contemporary surveillance and control of urban populations, using a
proposed Illinois state neonatal-maternal testing policy targeted at
high seroprevalence areas as an example to demonstrate that surveillance and the regulation of women's bodies as an AIDS-control
strategy reproduce hegemonic relationships of power.
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