This Supreme Court confirmation, the sanctity of Roe v. Wade, and the Reproductive Justice movement is about so much more than the right to have an abortion, and it is critical that we understand this.
“Policies that require the reporting of prenatal substance use -- which may result in a referral to drug treatment or other intervention -- were not associated with higher rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome.” Via @RANDCorporation
A new study from CDC and JAMA finds that in 2016 the rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) was about 7 per 1000 in-hospital births. That adds up to more than 19,000 babies born with NAS in 2016. Learn more: https://t.co/pGB8ZKxFn8.