August 12, 2009
This is a video based on a lecture that Dr. Deborah A. Frank, Pediatrician gave on February 11th 2009 at a continuing education program entitled Drugs, Pregnancy and Parenting: What the Experts in Medicine, Social Work and Law Have to Say.
Pregnancy Justice’s video How Personhood USA & The Bills They Support Will Hurt ALL Pregnant Women and an earlier version making similar points are attracting the attention of anti-abortion organizations who are seeking to advance "Personhood" Measures across the country.
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In this video, Mary Barr addresses a CLE on Drugs, Pregnancy and Parenting on the question: "What Kind of Kids & Teens do Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine Turn Out to Be?"
Mary Barr is the Founder and Executive Director of Conextions, Inc, a non-profit organization educating the public and prisoners about addictions and related health and justice system issues.
We knew that our recent commentary and video that challenges PersonhoodUSA was likely to draw fire from the Right. We were not mistaken. Shortly after releasing our video and commentary, Andrea Lafferty, President of the Traditional Values Coalition, wrote a response seeking to discredit Pregnancy Justice by "exposing" our work on behalf of drug using pregnant women.
According to Personhood USA, legislators in at least five states are sponsoring bills that would give the unborn full state constitutional rights from the moment of fertilization.
A key strategy of the anti-abortion movement is creating the illusion that there are two kinds of women: those who have abortions and those who have babies. The truth is that 61 percent of women who have abortions are already mothers, and another 24 percent will go on to become mothers.
