Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
(Missouri Net)-- A Missouri lawmaker thinks pregnant women taking drugs should be charged with child abuse.
Nixa Representative Jered Taylor wants to make it a crime if a pregnant woman is taking illegal drugs or prescription drugs without a prescription. He’s offering a bill that could charge a woman with a class A or B misdemeanor or a class D felony, depending on the harm caused to the baby.
Taylor says in southwest Missouri, ten times the number of babies have been born with drug dependency compared to a decade ago. Under his bill, a woman could choose to receive drug treatment instead of being charged with abuse. Taylor thinks funding would need to be increased to help those who receive drug treatment.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Atchison woman pleads to charges in fatal crash
3 arrested in Hiawatha drug bust
Public health advisory issued for two local lakes
Updated: Officer shooter search leads to arrest
Former Kickapoo Tribal Chair pleads to child porn-related charge
Baniewicz on leave at Bishop Miege; investigation launched
Atchison man earns prison from injurious outburst
Falls City man sentenced to prison on multiple charges
State Audit discovers alleged financial misconduct
Death of puppy leads to Atchison arrest
Falls City Council member rescinds resignation
Atchison's Lust found safe following disappearance
Young sex offenders earn sentences in Atchison Co
Candidate list finalized in Brown Co
Arrest following search warrant in Mayetta
Woman injured after striking object on Nemaha Co highway
3 local communities awarded small-town grants
Atchison Co cemetery thefts being investigated
LATEST STORIES
Senator Moran visits two local hospitals
Biking Across Kansas to make two local stops
Seneca City Council approves purchase of robot
Public health advisory issued for two local lakes
Baniewicz on leave at Bishop Miege; investigation launched
Falls City Council member rescinds resignation
Atchison proclamation of Juneteenth made Monday
Death of puppy leads to Atchison arrest
Hiawatha, Ks 66434