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Women & Pregnancy
Articles
Drug Policy Alliance Files Amicus Brief to Challenge the Criminalization of Pregnant Women Struggling with Substance Abuse – State of New Mexico v. Martinez
Punishment For Pregnant Women
In Utero Exposure to Cocaine: A Review
Crack Babies: The Term Serves Them Poorly


Bookstore
With Child: Substance Use During Pregnancy: A Woman-Centred Approach
Pregnant Women on Drugs: Combatting Stereotypes and Stigma
Misconceiving Mothers: Legislators, Prosecutors, and the Politics of Prenatal Drug Exposure
Mothers and Illicit Drugs
Crack Mothers: Pregnancy, Drugs and the Media


Documents
Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, Regina D. McKnight v. State of South Carolina
Motion to File Amicus Brief and Amicus Brief in Support of the Motion to Dismiss the Information in State v. Theresa Lee Hernandez
State of NM v. Martinez Amicus Brief
Letter to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Regarding Opinion Request No. 0250-GA [Sign-On Letter]
Regina McKnight vs. South Carolina, in the Supreme Court of the United States, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
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Fact Sheets
Arresting Pregnant Women for Drug Use


Legal
Whitner v. South Carolina, Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center
State v. McKnight, Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina, Opinion (Jan. 27, 2003)
Whitner vs South Carolina, Appendix of the Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center


Letters
Sign On Letter: Ferguson v. The City of Charleston


News Articles
Court to Consider Whether Doctors, Cops Should Cooperate to Prosecute Pregnant Women
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Case Against Hospital and Police for Wrongfully Arresting and Jailing Pregnant Women and New Moms


News Summaries
Experts to Hawai'i Supreme Court: Overturn Wrongful Conviction
Alliance Work on Behalf of Pregnant Women Bears Fruit
Kentucky Court, Citing State Law, Clears Mother of Child Abuse Charges
Attorneys Continue To Fight For Release Of Woman Who Suffered a Stillbirth
Women Who Suffer Stillbirths Are Not Murderers, Public Health and Medical Groups Tell Supreme Court
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Polls
Key Findings: A Survey of South Carolina Voters on Drug Use, Treatment & Pregnancy


Press Releases
South Carolina Supreme Court Reverses 20-Year Homicide Conviction of Regina McKnight
Supreme Court of New Mexico Strikes Down State’s Attempt to Convict Woman Struggling with Addiction During Pregnancy
New Mexico Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Case Involving Prosecution of Woman Struggling with Addiction During Pregnancy
Over 60 Leading Medical, Public Health, Child Welfare and Drug Treatment Organizations and Experts Ask Hawai'i Supreme Court to Overturn Conviction of Tayshea Aiwohi
Over 70 Child Welfare and Public Health Organizations, Experts, and Advocates Condemn The Prosecution of Pregnant Women in Texas
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Reports
Drugs in Pregnancy


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