"The court has a duty to consider the safety of the children and others within our community," wrote the judge when denying the release of a mother arrested at the hospital six days after giving birth.
I’m all for protecting fetuses from drugs, but as the article says, imprisonment results in worse outcomes for the baby, so this policy is bizarrely counterproductive.
I’m all for protecting fetuses from drugs, but as the article says, imprisonment results in worse outcomes for the baby, so this policy is bizarrely counterproductive.