Moms of Black Babies More Likely to Be Flagged to Police Over Alleged Pregnancy Drug Use

The Marshall Project reports that mothers of Black babies are more likely than others to be flagged to police over alleged drug use during pregnancy. The Thursday report opens with the case of Melissa Robinson in Huntsville, Alabama, who after a false positive test for cocaine in twenty twenty-four was barred by hospital staff from breastfeeding her daughter and placed under spousal supervision by child welfare officials. The Marshall Project is a nonprofit newsroom covering the U.S. criminal justice system; this feed entry offers the framing and that opening example but not the full findings behind the disparity.

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