Infant Victims of Drug Abuse: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, June 28, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 263 pages |
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Page 203 - Drug use can supercede all other aspects of the lives of crack addicted mothers. In the words of one caseworker, working with the mothers "is like beating your head against a brick wall.. .because you are dealing with someone who has no control over her life. She's worried about her next hit.
Page 247 - Thus, the statute threatens to impair both their interest in the nondisclosure of private information and also their interest in making important decisions independently. We are persuaded, however, that the New York program does not, on its face, pose a sufficiently grievous threat to either interest to establish a constitutional violation. Public disclosure of patient information can come about in three ways.
Page 203 - ... fact is that many responsible individuals are not reporting endangered children because they feel that the system's response will be so weak that reporting will do no good or may even make things worse.
Page 241 - Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, we appreciate the opportunity to present the views of the American Civil Liberties Union on the question of constructive and constitutional approaches to address the problem of pregnant women with drug addiction problems.
Page 142 - Infants public health officials believe that punitive actions, such as incarceration of drug-abusing pregnant mothers, have a negative impact on the lives of these women and their children. Hospital officials told us that in addition to not seeking prenatal care, some women are now delivering their infants at home in order to prevent the state from discovering their drug use. An example was given of one mother who delivered her baby at home and subsequently called the hospital for medical advice...
Page 195 - PHS accounts for over 97% of the activity. Within the PHS, the NIH was designated the lead agency, primarily because of its longstanding experience in supporting research and the amount of its extramural research and...
Page 228 - Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this draft environmental statement. Sincerely yours, NB LIVERMORE, JR. Secretary for Resources 2JIL& Airmail X
Page 246 - Rather than promoting any legitimate state interest, much less a compelling one, these prosecutions are undermining public health, a fact reflected by the increasingly outspoken opposition of public health organizations to these prosecutions. For example, fourteen public health and public interest groups, including the American Public Health Association, the American Society of Law & Medicine, the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, the American Society of Addiction Medicine,...
Page 249 - It must be asked, By what judicially defined standard would a mother have her every act or omission while pregnant subjected to State scrutiny? By what objective standard could a jury be guided in determining whether a pregnant woman did all that was necessary in order not to breach a legal duty to not interfere with her fetus' separate and independent right to be born whole?