Case Explores Rights of Fetus Versus Woman

Published October 28, 2013

Case explores rights of fetus versus woman
"I didn't know unborn children had lawyers," recalled Beltran, now six months pregnant, after returning to her home north of Milwaukee from a court-ordered 78-day stay at a drug-treatment center. "I said … drugs. "This is what happens when laws give … Read more on Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Voices and Visions and… Schizophrenia?
Ultimately, Longden said that when her perspective began to shift regarding her chances of recovery thanks to the help of the “good and generous people” who believed in her, she discovered what she had always suspected: “My voices were a meaningful … Read more on GoodTherapy.org (blog)

Pregnant woman confined under fetal protection law challenges its …
A pregnant woman confined to a drug treatment center under a Wisconsin fetal protection law is challenging its constitutionality in a federal lawsuit. Alicia Beltran was confined for 78 days as a result of a court order, the New York Times reports. She … Read more on ABA Journal