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.

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.

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