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When Quitney Armstead learned she was pregnant while locked up in a rural Alabama jail, she made a promise — to God and herself — to stay clean.

When Quitney Armstead learned she was pregnant while locked up in a rural Alabama jail, she made a promise — to God and herself — to stay clean.

When Quitney Armstead learned she was pregnant while locked up in a rural Alabama jail, she made a promise — to God and herself — to stay clean.

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Hundreds of women suspected of using drugs are being prosecuted under tenet promoted by many anti-abortion groups that a fetus should be treated legally the same as a child

Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies.