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Watch: How a Faulty Hospital Drug Test Can Turn New Parents Into Police Targets

Watch our joint investigation with CBS Sunday Morning, exposing how unreliable drug tests at childbirth lead to parents being referred to law enforcement.

News • 08.09.2026

Moms of Black Babies More Likely to Be Flagged to Police Over Alleged Pregnancy Drug Use

Child welfare referred Black parents to law enforcement 14,000 times in 7 years, despite no findings of abuse or neglect.

Feature • 07.16.2026

How Hospitals Helped Erode Reproductive Rights

Criminal prosecutions sparked by hospital drug testing helped advance the legal concept that the fetus had interests the state could protect.

Closing Argument • 03.14.2026

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