Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug-Addicted Pregnant … – the Wire

Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug-Addicted Pregnant … – The Wire


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Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute DrugAddicted Pregnant
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Tennessee's legislature gave its approval a bill that would criminalize some drugaddicted pregnant women, depending on the outcome of their pregnancy. The bill, if signed into law, would allow prosecutors to charge a woman with an "assaultive offense
Criminal penalty for prenatal drug use passes HouseThe Tennessean

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Afghan wife maimed for refusing drug-addict husband’s cash demands – CNN

Afghan wife maimed for refusing drugaddict husband's cash demands
CNN
He needed money for a fix of heroin and crystal meth — an addiction he'd developed over the course of their marriage. When she was married off to him as a child bride at the age of seven, his drug of choice was hashish. But now this man — 20 years

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Tennessee adopts legislation to criminally prosecute drug-addicted pregnant … – RT (blog)


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Tennessee adopts legislation to criminally prosecute drugaddicted pregnant
RT (blog)
A new bill just passed by Tennessee's state legislature would allow law enforcement to bring criminal charges against pregnant women if their drug addiction causes their children to be born with a dependency. According to the Tennessean, a similar

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