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Re: New Mother Charged with Assault for using Meth during Pregnancy
I somewhat agree with you, that women (everyone, really) need help with addiction. Thing is, there are places out there that help. You have to want help, though, to get it. There are scores of addiction counselors in Knoxville, and she could have gotten help there, if she wanted it. But you can't force someone to get help, even if they are pregnant. You can only threaten them with incarceration if they continue down the path they are on. She chose to go down the path she was on, and now she is paying the penalty for it, and it's possible that the baby is as well.
Okay, who ordered the test and why? Is it because she had given birth. Does given birth now automatically give consent to search and seizure? If they "asked" for permission, was it while she was heavily doped up (legally) for delivery (of sound mind)? If permission is before hand, that's a trap. She has to deliver. That's the problem I have.
If they can't make a wise choice to stay away from meth to begin with they certainly won't figure in the possibility of becoming pregnant.
Meth is bad. Let's try to help the women First then deal with possible pregnancies. For this it's 'let's wait until she has a baby then we will intervene'. More damage is done by this method.
I somewhat agree with you, that women (everyone, really) need help with addiction. Thing is, there are places out there that help. You have to want help, though, to get it. There are scores of addiction counselors in Knoxville, and she could have gotten help there, if she wanted it. But you can't force someone to get help, even if they are pregnant. You can only threaten them with incarceration if they continue down the path they are on. She chose to go down the path she was on, and now she is paying the penalty for it, and it's possible that the baby is as well.