Pre(natal) crime: pregnant women, substance abuse and the law.

Med Leg J

Reader in Law and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Law & Society, Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, UK

Published: March 2015

Should women who consume alcohol during pregnancy be seen as committing an offence against their foetuses? If we care about our future children, this is not the place to extend the criminal law.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0025817214540394DOI Listing

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