Looks like Wisconsin is the latest state to get in on the hot new "Throw Pregnant Women in Jail" trend. Motivated in equal parts by the "pro-life" movement and plain old misogyny -- but we repeat ourselves -- prosecutors in Alabama and Texas have been jailing pregnant women who have tested positive for drug use. This is ostensibly for the sake of the fetus, because any woman who'd take drugs while pregnant is obviously a child abuser, but the women treated to the states' tender mercies often end up getting lousy prenatal care in prison, not to mention their diminished job prospects once the babby is born and mom has a criminal record. And now Wisconsin is getting in on the trend, too.
I trust the doctor has now learned the phrase "I'm sorry, I didn't hear that. I hope you weren't going to tell me that that you had used drugs, because then I would have to report you".
Yes, that's the ticket! Encourage pregnant women to lie to their doctors, or just not seek care in the first place. That will raise the infant mortality (and possibly mother mortality) rate in the drug-using mom demographic (IYKWIM), and keep the problem from spreading. Also too, if she's a drug user she's probably a crimer of some kind, so jail is the best place for her and the babby which may or may not survive to crime as well.
You lousy Libtards constantly refuse to see the silver-lined half-full glass: The drug using fathers are free to go about their business.
And here I thought that "The Handmaid's Tale" was fiction.
Government of the fetus, for the fetus, and by the fetus, till he/she/snowflake leaves the womb, then fuck off and good riddance.
Don't tase my bacon, bro!
Can I watch over Trix's stash for the duration of the gestation?
I trust the doctor has now learned the phrase "I'm sorry, I didn't hear that. I hope you weren't going to tell me that that you had used drugs, because then I would have to report you".
Is it just me, or has the getting-awfuller of America sped up lately?
but alcohol is still legal
Tasing might actually prove to be an interesting way to cook bacon. Might have to try it one of these days
We've become a nation of moral scolds
Yes, that's the ticket! Encourage pregnant women to lie to their doctors, or just not seek care in the first place. That will raise the infant mortality (and possibly mother mortality) rate in the drug-using mom demographic (IYKWIM), and keep the problem from spreading. Also too, if she's a drug user she's probably a crimer of some kind, so jail is the best place for her and the babby which may or may not survive to crime as well.