How Faulty Urine Drug Tests Turn New Parents’ Lives Upside-Down
For thousands of parents in the U.S. every year, one of the best and worst days of their lives begins ...
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From New York to Arizona, States Seek To Curb Drug Testing At Childbirth
A growing number of states are considering legislation to set up protections for patients who might be drug tested when ...
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Why Some Doctors Are Pushing to End Routine Drug Testing During Childbirth
The request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn drug test. Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns and her hospital ...
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Miscarriages Illegal? These States Investigated Them as Crimes
In late March, police in southern Georgia arrested a 24-year-old woman who had a miscarriage after a witness reported seeing ...
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She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.
Susan Horton had been a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years, and now — pregnant with her fifth child — ...
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