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The Newest Chapter in the “War on Drugs”: The Pregnancy Criminalization Law (SB 1391)

Posted on May 19, 2014

On Tuesday, April 29th, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, signed into law the first law in the United States that authorizes the arrest and incarceration of women who use drugs while pregnant. Women in Tennessee can now be prosecuted for assault if they take a narcotic drug while pregnant and the baby is born addicted, is […]

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