Members of the National Lawyers for Pregnant Women association criticized the court decision.
Authorities in the state of Alabama jailed Ashley Banks, 23, for three months after she admitted to smoking marijuana after being arrested on May 25 in possession of a small amount of this narcotic and a pistol without a carry permit, the newspaper reports. TO THE.
According to reports, because they are not considered serious crimes, the young woman would have been able to pay bail and face the judicial process in freedom; however, by admitting that she had smoked cannabis the day she learned of her pregnancy, two days before her arrest, Etowah County authorities denied this possibility.
According to their sentence, the defendant could not be released unless she entered a rehabilitation program, so she remained held without having been convicted of any crime, accused of exposing the fetus to narcotics.
For their part, members of the National Lawyers for Pregnant Women association criticized the court decision, and have opposed the recurring practice of county courts imposing special penalties on pregnant women.
The confinement of women during pregnancy could affect the correct development of the fetus, according to an affidavit by an expert from Johns Hopkins University, Carolyn Sufrin, used during the trial to demand the release of Banks.
“The stress and conditions in jail and prisons, including lack of consistent access to standard prenatal care and mental health care, poor diets, unsanitary conditions, vermin and vermin infestations […]can be detrimental to physical and mental health, which can lead to poor pregnancy outcomes for both mother and baby,” Sufrin testified.
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