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Pregnant women held for months in one Alabama jail to protect fetuses from drugs

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A number of women in Alabama accused of using drugs while pregnant were held in a jailhouse for weeks or months, left in limbo after failing to qualify for special bond conditions, according to a Wednesday report from AL.com.

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The Guardian

Alabama is jailing pregnant marijuana users to ‘protect’ fetuses

In Alabama, pregnant women who are arrested for drug offenses are not allowed to post bail and go free. Ashley Banks learned that the hard way

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Pregnant women held in Alabama jail for months to ‘protect foetuses’ after drug use

Alabama law says that women suffering a miscarriage or stillbirth who are found to have used drugs during pregnancy can be sent to prison for 99 years

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

Pregnant women were jailed over drug use to protect fetuses, county says

Etowah County, Ala., has prosecuted more than 150 pregnant and postpartum women for "chemical endangerment" of a fetus in the past decade, advocates say.

2 years ago

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Raw Story

Pregnant Alabama woman put in jail to 'protect the fetus' had to sleep on the floor after suffering bleeding condition

Many prisons had a difficult time keeping people safe during the COVID-19 crisis, but one Alabama jail kept a young woman in jail to protect her fetus. Ashley Banks was arrested with an unregistered gun and a small amount of marijuana. Normally she would be let out on bond awaiting trial, but becaus...

2 years ago·United States

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Political Wire

Pregnant Women Held for Months in Alabama Jail

"Police arrested Ashley Banks on May 25 with an unregistered gun and a small amount of marijuana," AL.com reports."Under normal circumstances, the 23-year-old from Gadsden would have been able to post bond and leave jail until her criminal trial. But Banks admitted to smoking pot on the same day

2 years ago·New York, United States

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