Recent court decisions in Canada on HIV non-disclosure are bad science, bad public health policy, and bad medicine for women, says Louise Binder The theme of the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women now underway in New York is gender-based violence.
Canadian lawyer, Louise Binder, on the impact of Supreme Court decision on women
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