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The 7% solution?
Yah. But that's the whole point of fetal abuse laws. See How States Handle Drug Use During Pregnancy
"How States Handle Drug Use During Pregnancy
"by Leticia Miranda, Vince Dixon and Cecilia Reyes
"Published on September, 30, 2015
"Across the country, hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers have been accused of child abuse or other crimes when they or their newborns tested positive for controlled substances. Laws on drug testing of infants and new mothers vary, but the stakes are always high. In many places, women lose their children or end up in behind bars, sometimes even if the drug was prescribed. Here is a survey of state laws.
Related: How some hospitals are drug testing new mothers without consent, How Alabama’s meth lab law is unfairly punishing pregnant women, Mothers: tell us about drug testing at your hospital."
(My emphasis - more @ the URL)
The attempt is apparently similar to hanging the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. How could anyone act out under the watchful eye of the Lord? & with pretty much the same effect - the people who are law-abiding to begin with observe the laws, those who aren't, don't (may not - it's not guaranteed).
There are real issues here; the children of women who abuse drugs are themselves often addicted, & suffer withdrawal problems & further mental &/or developmental delays afterwards. But merely punishing the women & their babies doesn't begin to solve the issues. Other approaches need to be investigated - the purely punitive isn't working, & the problems are getting worse.
The right isn't telling anyone what they can do with their body. The topic of abortion has always concerned the life of the child, not the mothers body.
Yah. But that's the whole point of fetal abuse laws. See How States Handle Drug Use During Pregnancy
"How States Handle Drug Use During Pregnancy
"by Leticia Miranda, Vince Dixon and Cecilia Reyes
"Published on September, 30, 2015
"Across the country, hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers have been accused of child abuse or other crimes when they or their newborns tested positive for controlled substances. Laws on drug testing of infants and new mothers vary, but the stakes are always high. In many places, women lose their children or end up in behind bars, sometimes even if the drug was prescribed. Here is a survey of state laws.
Related: How some hospitals are drug testing new mothers without consent, How Alabama’s meth lab law is unfairly punishing pregnant women, Mothers: tell us about drug testing at your hospital."
(My emphasis - more @ the URL)
The attempt is apparently similar to hanging the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. How could anyone act out under the watchful eye of the Lord? & with pretty much the same effect - the people who are law-abiding to begin with observe the laws, those who aren't, don't (may not - it's not guaranteed).
There are real issues here; the children of women who abuse drugs are themselves often addicted, & suffer withdrawal problems & further mental &/or developmental delays afterwards. But merely punishing the women & their babies doesn't begin to solve the issues. Other approaches need to be investigated - the purely punitive isn't working, & the problems are getting worse.