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Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Proposal to Jail Women for Their Pregnancy

Tennessee lawmakers introduce proposal to jail women for their pregnancy
These approaches treat addiction as a moral failing. Addiction is a chronic, relapsing biological and behavioral disorder with genetic components.” Kathy Hartke, M.D., Wisconsin Section Legislative Chair of the American Congress of Obstetricians and …
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She had her own problems battling drug addiction, which forced Chavez at an early age to serve as the father figure for his seven brothers and sisters. “I had a really bad childhood,” Chavez said. The unwarranted pressures of growing up fast …
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