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Pregnant on Methadone?

SmileItsNotThatSerious asked:

Many women take methadone for pain or are far into their addiction treatement, and then they get pregnant by accident. Rather than abortion, they slowly and safely lower their dose so the baby isn’t born addicted. But then there are the women who don’t care or don’t want to try, and they actually increase their dose! THESE women complained that their clinic wanted them to lower their dose, and made it seem like they were being asked to stop cold turkey (which can cause miscarriage). Now NJ has a law being proposed that will make it illegal for a woman on meth who gets pregnant to safely quit methadone!!!! Basically they want to force women to STAY ON methadone, and take away their right to choose having a healthy baby! Medical research says that SLOWLY tapering off methadone is safest, but these “addiction” specialists are fighting this and putting out false info that it is not safe.
How can a concerned mom fight this?

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Written by Drug Methadone on September 16th, 2009 with 4 comments.
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Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com animosity
#1. September 18th, 2009, at 9:58 PM.

well your not the mom of those section 8 welfare kids, its disgusting I know, but most of the times its the mom’s fault

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#2. September 20th, 2009, at 12:01 AM.

what? they cant make you take medication you dont want to take. that doesnt sound right. if the women really want the baby to be healthy they will cheek the meds, and slowly decrease their amounts…its not that difficult to do. and the women who dont care and want more…will always be able to get more.

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#3. September 22nd, 2009, at 6:04 AM.

Call or write letters to all your local and state representatives asking them to abolish this law. Try getting together with any womens groups in your town and get a campaign going to fight this. Best of luck on this, future lives are at stake here.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Jimbob
#4. September 22nd, 2009, at 4:25 PM.

Gather all the facts about the subject from respected specialist and get copies of any reports supporting these facts then write to your congressmen and state senators about your position and concerns then send them the information that you have gathered to support your position. Also set up a group to encourage others to do the same. You may want to share the facts that you have gathered with these others. This may help them decide to also write to their congressmen and senators.

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