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Abortion Access: A Strain On The Most Vulnerable Women In Texas Post-Dobbs, Aleea Costilla
Abortion Access: A Strain On The Most Vulnerable Women In Texas Post-Dobbs, Aleea Costilla
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
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Sentencing Pregnant Drug Addicts: Why The Child Endangerment Enhancement Is Not Appropriate, Monica Carusello
Sentencing Pregnant Drug Addicts: Why The Child Endangerment Enhancement Is Not Appropriate, Monica Carusello
Monica B Carusello
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Improving Substance Abuse Treatment For Women, Brenda V. Smith
Improving Substance Abuse Treatment For Women, Brenda V. Smith
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Alcohol and other drug use among women of child-bearing age has increased dramatically, and, as a result, more pregnant women are faced with alcohol and other drug problems. The only known national estimate suggests that 11 percent of pregnant women used illegal drugs during their pregnancy. Although pregnant crack-addicted women have received the most media attention, the problem is no less serious for alcohol and other drugs.
Alcohol and other drug use during pregnancy has negative physical and psychological consequences for both the mother and the child. Alcoholic mothers are at risk of having infants with fetal alcohol syndrome, which …