I just want to flag this as one of the clearest examples I know of a public policy being used for something completely different than what it was intended for.
I don’t have a lot to say beyond “this is a really terrible way to approach the problem of women using drugs during pregnancy,” so I’ll keep it short: most states have, in recent years, passed fetal homicide laws. They were intended to be applied to third party attacks–most often by abusive male partners. Instead, several states are using them to press criminal charges against women who use drugs during their pregnancy and miscarry.
Read it here.
Echolocation 