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Nothing in the language of the law had indicated that it was intended to apply to pregnancy. Upon the law’s passage in 2006, prosecutors began using it to charge women with a crime for giving birth if they had used a criminalized drug during pregnancy. Adam Nossiter, In Alabama, a Crackdown on Pregnant Drug Users, N.Y. Times (March 15, 2008), ................
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