Without proper support and programs that provide access to treatment centers and childcare, statues like Safe Harbor cannot adequately protect pregnant women struggling with addiction—like Tiffany Roberts.
showed the bill had more adverse effects than positives, the worst of which was a deterrent effect, where mothers in need simply avoided doctor visits.
A 2013 Tennessee law known as “Safe Harbor” states that a woman struggling with drug abuse will not be in jeopardy of losing her baby if she opts to receive treatment before the 21week of pregnancy. Treatment centers receiving state funding are also required to prioritize pregnant women under the law.
For example, Williams noted that around the same time Safe Harbor was enacted, Medicaid programs were being pulled back—leaving many women without a health care provider to visit to enroll in a program. “The Safe Harbor Act is really not effective and doesn’t go far enough,” said Williams. “The state of Tennessee and many states are not doing it correctly by just thinking that they’re going to put into legislation of kind of these kinds of laws without the proper mechanisms of support and proper treatment programs.”
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