On March 13th, NAPW Senior Staff Attorney Aarin Williams moderated a panel discussion co-hosted by the Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) and The New School Center for NYC Affairs entitled: “Child Welfare: The Unintended Consequence of the War on Drugs.
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NAPW featured at American Public Health Association (APHA)’s 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo
In November 2017, NAPW's Executive Director Lynn Paltrow presented at the Maternal and Child Health Town Hall session at the 2017 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo in Atlanta, GA. During this session, Lynn Paltrow spoke about substance use and supporting the needs of pregnant women and the well-being of children and families.
October 2017: NAPW in Alabama and Georgia
In October, NAPW staff traveled to Alabama and Georgia to connect with local advocates and allies and speak about our work advocating for the human and civil rights of pregnant people. In Tuscaloosa, AL, Nancy Rosenbloom (Director of Legal Advocacy) and Aarin Williams (Senior Staff Attorney) presented a teach-in organized by the Yellowhammer Fund about the chemical endangerment law in Alabama and the criminalization and punishment of people in relationship to pregnancy.
Project Prevention (Spanish-language version): Las madres e hijos alzan sus voces
En este video, las madres que han batallado con el uso de drogas y sus hijos reflexionan sobre sus vidas y responden a Project Prevention, un programa que ofrece $300 a personas que usan o usaban drogas, para que se esterilicen o usan métodos de anticoncepción de acción prolongada.
NAPW response to Reuters investigation of reporting of drug use, child welfare and infant deaths
NAPW response to Reuters investigation of reporting of drug use, child welfare and infant deaths
December 14, 2015
Read full response here.
Federal S 799: Protecting Out Infants Act of 2015 Letter
November 09, 2015
NAPW commends the good intentions behind the Protecting our Infants Act of 2015, but believes that the Act will in fact reinforce gender stereotypes, stigmatize drug use, and lead to punitive civil and criminal sanctions against pregnant women and girls.
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NAPW files amicus brief in N.Y. case
On July 24, NAPW filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief supporting Jennifer Jorgensen's appeal to New York's court of last resort in the case New York v. Jorgensen.
Victory in NJ – Methadone Treatment for Pregnant Women is Health Care, Not Harm
Today, the New Jersey Supreme Court announced its unanimous ruling in New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. Y.N. This decision rejects a lower court finding that a mother may be charged with civil child abuse and neglect because her newborn exhibited the transitory and treatable side effects of methadone treatment that the woman received during pregnancy.
PRESS RELEASE: Health and Human Rights Victory in New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. Y.N.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 22, 2014
Contact: Lynn Paltrow, (212) 255-9252, lmp@advocatesforpregnantwomen.