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Alabama district attorney aims to prosecute a woman for taking prescribed drug while pregnant

Alabama district attorney aims to prosecute a woman for taking prescribed drug while pregnant

Another side of the war on women, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

Jun 24, 2021
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Kim Blalock and her son. Image courtesy of AL.com.

Kim Blalock’s spine is a mess. At 36, the Alabama mom is battling a degenerative disc disease as well as arthritis and chronic complications from back surgery. Two months before she got pregnant with her sixth child, a car crash compounded her agony.

Now she has been indicted on a felony charge because, …

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