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New Mexico Bills Would Provide Treatment for Addiction Instead of Jail Time

Adriann Barboa, Micaela Cadena, Young Women United. March 30, 2011.

Treatment centers are at capacity, plus judges have no incentive, structure or support for alternatives to incarceration for drug use. Options are even worse for mothers.

Utah Continues Reckless Efforts to Lock Up Pregnant Women

deleted, RH Reality Check. March 8, 2010.

Under a new bill, pregnant women who "know" that their cancer medications or other prescription medications could risk harm or cause pregnancy loss could still be arrested.

Do Pregnant Women Have Fewer Rights?

Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Blog of Rights. October 30, 2009.

A slew of recent cases reveal a persistent paternalistic treatment of pregnant women by overzealous prosecutors and judges.

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