Paul A. Logli, a prosecutor for the state of Illinois argues that it is the government's duty to enforce health of unborn fetuses, and that the mothers of these victims should be prosecuted. One of his views is that drugs are addictive and that legal and illegal drugs harm not only the unborn child but the mother as well. Some times these types of drugs won't kill the fetus but it will affect him/her for remainder of their life (Logli, 84).

A 1988 survey of hospitals showed that as many as 375,000 infants may be affected by maternal cocaine use during their pregnancy each year. More recently a study at a hospital in Detroit showed that 42.7 percent

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A woman can get up to a Manslaughter conviction if she is found guilty for killing her own baby. The problem with this is that the mother might not know that she is pregnant until it is too late. When a cocaine mother has been convicted of a manslaughter charge, it has been because of her guilty pleas without the deliberation of public trials.

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