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endangering children

It pisses me off that states criminalize drug- or alcohol- addicted pregnant women because they're endangering their children for two reasons: because the statutes are inconsistantly applied, being used primarily (even exclusively?) against women of color and in a way that both disempowers women and fails to protect the children, and more importantly because they focus on the "crimes" of individuals and ignore what leads people to where they are, and ignores the larger interests that systemically endanger women and their children, be they government or corporate pollution or culturally accepted oppressions. (brownfemipower posts about the criminalization of drug- and alcohol- addicted pregnant women fairly often)