الجمعة، 12 ديسمبر 2014

Pregnant woman's drug use equivalent to 'child abuse', court says


  • Tammy Loertscher jailed following disclosure she’d used drugs in the past

  • Federal civil rights suit planned in Wisconsin case


A federal civil rights lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a Wisconsin woman who was jailed and placed in solitary confinement because she allegedly used methamphetamines while pregnant, an act authorities there said abused her 14-week-old fetus.


Tamara “Tammy” Loertscher, 30, was jailed about a week after she sought prenatal care at a Mayo Clinic branch in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. While trying to have a serious thyroid condition and depression treated, Loertscher disclosed that she had previously used drugs, and doctors there tested her urine for metabolites.


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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1qF6PHH

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