In New York: HIV/AIDs children in foster care were used in drug testing / clinical trils in the late 1980's until 2001.

The children's services agency is being questioned as to whether the proper parental and guardian approvals were in place.

" . . . advocates like the Alliance for Human Research Protection have accused the agency of exploiting the children and subjecting them to medical harm."

One of the central issues is that foster children are already devalued. Using them as test subjects devalues them even more.

Read more here:
Probe Looks at Use of
Foster Kids in Drug Trials