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[–]jet199[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just shows these laws have nothing to do with actually caring about unborn children.

[–]William_World 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

was using meth while pregnant. Good arrest. A shame she chose not to tell prison doctors she was about to give birth. It's a shame but the baby was better off in this case.

"The crackdown has occurred despite research showing that policies that punish drug use during pregnancy can result in worse birth outcomes in part because people avoid getting addiction treatment and prenatal care out of fear of arrest. Physician experts have also testified that these prosecutions can be rooted in “medical misinformation”, with law enforcement linking certain pregnancy outcomes to drug exposure without evidence."

So the answer is the people should stop being idiots and get drug addiction treatment.