SB 1391 attempts to address poverty and addiction by punishing pregnant women and pitting the rights of the mother against the rights of her unborn child. It is politically expedient to regulate the behavior of pregnant women rather than addressing the roots of social problems such as drug addiction. This only facilitates the prenatal care system’s tendency to see the mother as another threat vector in a fetus’ otherwise normal development rather than as a patient with her own needs.
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 17:14:32 +0000
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