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Pregnancy and Alcohol: Limitations on Criminal Prosecution

Laws addressing the use of medical test results, such as prenatal screenings or toxicology tests, as evidence in the criminal prosecution of women who may have caused harm to a fetus or a child.



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Policy changes in effect between 1/1/1998 and 1/1/2012 from all States. download

Only States for which the policy has changed are shown. Each State has two or more rows. The first row shows the policy at baseline. Subsequent rows show each policy change (see Instructions Tab for an example). See Jurisdiction or Row Notes for possible exceptions.

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Jurisdiction
Date Range
Limitations on
Criminal Prosecution
Citations
FL1/1/1998 - 6/30/1998TrueExpand list of citations1 citation
FL7/1/1998 - 1/1/2012 No Law
LA1/1/1998 - 8/14/2007 No Law
LA
Row Note
8/15/2007 - 1/1/2012TrueExpand list of citations2 citations
NV1/1/1998 - 9/30/1999 No Law
NV10/1/1999 - 1/1/2012TrueExpand list of citations2 citations

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