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Pregnancy and Drugs

Limitations on Criminal Prosecution

Laws addressing the use of medical test results, such as prenatal screenings or toxicology tests, as evidence in the criminal prosecution of women who may have caused harm to a fetus or an infant.

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Variables: Pregnancy and Drugs: Limitations on Criminal Prosecution

  1. Limitations on Criminal Prosecution
    • Existence of prohibition against use of prenatal screening or positive toxicology findings as evidence in the criminal prosecution of women who may have exposed a fetus to drugs.