NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WXIN) – A recently proposed bill in Tennessee seeks to charge new mothers with assault if their baby is born addicted or harmed from drug use during pregnancy, WZTV reports. HB1168/SB0659 was filed last week by Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver (R-Lancaster) and Senator Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma). According to the language used in the bill, if a woman uses an illegal narcotic drug while pregnant and if the child is born addicted to or harmed by the narcotic drug and it’s a result of the woman’s […]
