26-year-old Mallory Loyola has become the first in the state to be arrested for using drugs while pregnant.
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Sources:
MSNBC http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/woman-charged-tennessee-drug-law
Tennessee General Assembly http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/billinfo/BillSummaryArchive.aspx?BillNumber=HB1295&ga=108
WATE http://www.wate.com/story/25979914/monroe-county-arrests-mother-of-drug-positive-infant-under-new-law
The Tennessean http://www.tennessean.com/longform/news/investigations/2014/06/13/drug-dependent-babies-challenge-doctors-politicians/10112813/
The Crossville Chronicle http://www.crossville-chronicle.com/local/x6225072/Drug-dependent-babies-face-many-challenges-after-birth
University of Houston Law Center https://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/Reproductive/980623Pregnant.html
The Guttmacher Institute http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_SADP.pdf
Image via: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
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