Laws Governing Substance Use During Pregnancy: Next Steps for Health Equity Research
Policy Points Laws on drug use during pregnancy are enforced more harshly against structurally marginalized people. Despite this pattern, these laws' impacts on health and health care inequities are understudied. We offer recommendations for novel, robust research to generate evidence on this essential topic.
Authors
- Snigdha Peddireddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2972-1122)
- Hannah L. F. Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-2438)
- Madison D. Haiman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3662-9850)
- Melvin D. Livingston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6327-8910)
- Anna Mullany (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5806-5320)
- Lasha Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-9870)
- Michael R. Kramer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-6170)
- Simone Wien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7695-6936)
- Anne Lang Dunlop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-8136)
- Angélica Meinhofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6597-6755)
- Natalie Hernandez-Green
- Whitney S. Rice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-023X)
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Mercer University Health Sciences Center (US)
- Mercy Health (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Morehouse School of Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Milbank Quarterly
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.70026
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.98
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development