NIH R01 · 2024
CE24-012 - ASSESSING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES OF STATE PRENATAL DRUG USE LAWS
Prenatal drug use has increased nearly five-fold over the past two decades and is associated with elevated risk of drug overdose, maternal morbidity and mortality, adverse birth outcomes, and family separation through foster care. States have enacted several types of laws in response to the rising rates of prenatal drug use: 1) child maltreatment laws deeming prenatal drug use child maltreatment; 2) mandatory reporting laws requiring providers to report prenatal drug use to child protective services; 3) testing laws mandating that providers drug test pregnant patients or newborns, and/or giving providers legal protection to drug test pregnant patients without consent; 4) criminalization…
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