Title
Pregnancy, Drugs, and the Perils of Prosecution
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1990
ISSN
0731-129X
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Language
en-US
Abstract
Changing public values have increasingly placed responsibility upon the mother for the well-being of her fetus. Current attempts to criminalize prenatal drug abuse by mothers for harm to their offspring are well-meaning but counter-productive.
Recommended Citation
Wendy K. Mariner, Leonard H. Glantz & George J. Annas,
Pregnancy, Drugs, and the Perils of Prosecution
,
in
9
Criminal Justice Ethics
30
(1990).
Available at:
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129X.1990.9991870
Comments
Reprinted with permission in: Monk RC, ed. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Crime and Criminology, 2d ed., 284, Guilford. CN: Dushkin Publishing, 1991.