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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:28 PM Original message |
Controversial law puts some new mothers in jail |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. And they want to prevent abortions? |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's mandatory in Delaware, if you have a 'precipitous' birth, to take |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I guess we an all look forward to this when Roe v Wade is overturned and every fertilized egg is |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. but when the "termination" of the pregnancy is due to some deregulated hotdog |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. bingo. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Perfect articulation about this bizarre response of our govt. into |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. You know what. I agree with this. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. If it is about the child why act after pregancy? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. well, in the 90s a few places wanted to jail pregnant women suspected of taking drugs |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. How about smoking? It has been proved smoking is more harmful than cocaine |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Newborn babies addicted to nicotine cry and cry and cry |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I smoked when pregnant |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I bet if you ask the nurses in the nursery |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. She roomed in with me, never went to the nursery |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Then she is DEFINITELY the exception |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. 287 contaminants in umbilical cords |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Uh, let me guess. She's black. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I thought this shit died down. |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Well, so long as they are "not completely ruined" then I guess I am OK with smoking crack while preg |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. what seemed to do them the most harm is being labeled "crack baby" |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wonder if this will deter these mothers from birthing in a hospital |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You bet it would |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Isn't that what abortion is for? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. where do you go to get an abortion in alabama? is there even one provider? |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. SD Reservations |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Rampant incarceration for 30-some years has clearly solved all of |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ummm, I think they are doing this in several places already. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The reason for the controversy is it is not law in Alabama |
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Zgrrl (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I was tested twice w/o my consent... |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Have you ever looked at your medical records? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. what did they write exactly? |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I was "argumentative." |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. so your're a rebellious puker, eh? |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Lord knows my stomach was in open rebellion. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Thanks. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. That happened to me too |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. it sounds like they wanted the money for the unnecessary tests |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. yeah. DEFACS doesn't have enough kids to deal with. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. Good. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. how is it the mother's choice? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. Criminalizing addicts has worked SO WELL in the past! n/t |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Covered a similar case in law school. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. What part of "it's an addiction, not a moral failing" don't they understand? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Exactly. Send her to jail where she can really get a daily supply of drugs. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
29. These types of laws lead to more infant deaths. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. what's the mantra of capitalism? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Have you ever seen a crack baby? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. This myth was busted a long time ago. |
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