Tennessee Enacts Law To Incarcerate Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs – Huffington Post
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Tennessee Enacts Law To Incarcerate Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs
Huffington Post Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam (R) signed a bill into law on Tuesday that is the first law in the country to authorize the arrest and incarceration of women who use drugs while pregnant. Reproductive and civil rights advocates had strongly urged Haslam … Tenn. passes law criminalizing moms who used drugs while pregnant UPDATED: Haslam Signs Law Punishing Drug-Addicted Moms New law will punish mothers of drug-dependent babies |
