The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform provides a fact sheet addressing pregnant and parenting drug using women. NCCPR states that "We favor providing Intensive Family Preservation Services to some families with substance abuse problems.
It’s a Miracle–Not!
It's a Miracle--Not!
February 27, 2006
The Pax Cable Television Station had a show called It's a Miracle purporting to report on real miracles. This particular episode concerned a family who adopted a so called "crack" baby that miraculously turned out to be fine despite the damage the prenatal cocaine exposure allegedly caused.
Top Medical Doctors and Scientists Urge Major Media Outlets to Stop Perpetuating “Crack Baby” Myth
February 25, 2004
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PRESS RELEASE
Signatories from Leading Hospitals and Research Institutes in US and Canada Agree That Term Lacks Scientific Basis and Is Dangerous to Children
Letter Sent to Washington Post, Arizona Republic, LA Weekly, Charleston Post and Courier, Amarillo Globe-News and Other Media Using These Terms
AMERICA’S NEW FAMILY VALUES
November 25, 2003
By: Andrew Gumbel, The Independent UK, November 25, 2003
Barbara Harris was working as a waitress in a southern California pancake house when she stumbled on the cause that would become her passion: saving America from the scourge of "crack babies". It was 1990, and she and her husband were asked to become foster parents to an eight-month-old girl born to a crack-cocaine-addicted mother.
Controversial “cash-for-sterilization” California group comes to New York
NAPW Press Release, PRESS RELEASE, October 7, 2002
New York City, NY - CRACK (Children Require A Caring Kommunity) is a Southern California-based organization that "offers" $200 in cash to any woman or man who uses drugs or alcohol in exchange for their willingness to undergo sterilization or take long-term birth control.
National Advocates for Pregnant Women Condemns C.R.A.C.K. Campaign Targeting Methadone Clinics
National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) released an open letter to Barbara Harris, executive director of Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity (C.R.A.C.K.) and Project Prevention, condemning a misleading statement by the organization regarding methadone treatment during pregnancy.
Pregnant Drug Users, Fetal Persons and the Threat to Roe v. Wade
Pregnant Drug Users, Fetal Persons and the Threat to Roe v. Wade
January 13, 1999
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By: Lynn Paltrow, 62 Albany Law Review 999 (1999)
Roe v. Wade marked only the beginning of the struggle for reproductive justice for all women.
Criminal Prosecutions Against Pregnant Women: National Update and Overview
Criminal Prosecutions Against Pregnant Women: National Update and Overview
January 31, 1992
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This documents the cases of an estimated 167 women who have been arrested on criminal charges because of their behavior during pregnancy or because they became pregnant while addicted to drugs.