Linda C. Fentiman is Professor at the Elisabeth Haub Law School at Pace University. She is the author of Blaming Mothers: American Law and the Risks to Children’s Health (NYU Press, March 2017, hardcover).
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Pregnant Women and Mothers Are Being Criminalized By Their Care Providers
Under the guise of protecting children, American law makes motherhood even harder.
Linda C. Fentiman