Maia Szalavitz: Pregnant Women, Drugs and the New York Times: Think of the Children!
Mar 17, 2008 - But think of the children! This fear-inducing, often brain-numbing perspective has been used to foist all kinds of "common sense" policies on Americans that sound good from the mouths of politicians and activists -- but result in more harm than they prevent.
Take this story from the New York Times on Saturday. It examined a prosecutor in Alabama who thinks he's protecting babies from drugs…

