Tennessee to Criminalize Pregnancy

Published April 29, 2014

Tennessee to Criminalize Pregnancy
While South Carolina and Alabama state supreme courts have ruled that late pregnancy substance abuse can count as child abuse, Tennessee would be the first to state to have a law on record criminalizing birth defects due to substance abuse during …
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Tennessee bill OKs criminal charges for mothers' prenatal drug use
The measure would allow prosecutors to press assault charges on women if an infant's “addiction or harm is a result of her illegal use of a narcotic drug taken while pregnant.” Legislation advanced through the state House and Senate this week, ending a …
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Pregnant Smokers Often Not Counseled to Quit
ORLANDO, Florida ? A significant knowledge gap about smoking cessation practices among perinatal substance abuse staff at a single center means pregnant women are often not being counseled about the dangers of tobacco and encouraged to quit, new …
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