Ethical and Legal Issues Associated with Substance Abuse by Pregnant and Parenting Women
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
- Vol. 29 (1) , 101-111
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1997.10400174
Abstract
The many pressing medical, psychological, legal, and ethical problems associated with substance abuse by pregnant and parenting women present daunting challenges. One approach is to adopt a legal perspective where tlte rights of mothers, fetuses, and children are pitted against one another in courtrooms and state legislatures. Another approach is to embrace a public health perspective, characterized by treating pregnant and postpartum substance abusers, protecting at-risk fetuses and children, and strengtltening broken families. Both ethical concepts and legal tenets must be considered to develop new paradigms designed to help at-risk mothers and children and to protect the rights claimed by all involved.Keywords
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