This is a sad situation. My distant cousin is a meth addict. His girlfriend is also a meth addict. They have 1 child together that was born prematurely due to her drug use. The child was placed with CPS and now is in the custody of the great grandmother. Now the 16 yr old girl is 8 months pregnant and began having contactions. She tested positive for meth and pot. The baby only weighs approximately 1 lb and is very malnourished due to this girls drug habit. This baby will probably die from her choice to feed it nothing but meth. She did not have legal ramifications for her first pregnancy when the child was born early and had to live with tubes coming in and out of his lil body because of drugs. Now, this child will probably not live a day after it is born. Can she face murder charges? I would hope that the legal system can and will charge her for murder. Does such law exist in Arizona?
2007-01-24 04:30:42 · 3 answers · asked by Miss Crickett 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Try the sites below on this matter. Make sure to change the State/Location. Hope this helps.
2007-01-24 04:45:48 · answer #1 · answered by citronge69 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what a sad situation... she definitely needs to be sterilized...but im not sure there are legal ways of going about it.. call your local rehabs centers and see if they can... this girl needs help not jail .. this is why our prison system is WAY over populated bcuz we throw drug addicts in jail & not in hospitals... drug addictions should be labeled a disease not a crime. there maybe a way to force her into drug rehab
2007-01-24 04:39:09 · answer #2 · answered by ♠ JƏSSƏ'S GiRL ♠ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should intervene and contact CPS. Let them know what is going on and they will take it from there.
2007-01-24 04:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋