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Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE), theorized in the 1970s, occurs when a pregnant woman uses cocaine including crack cocaine and thereby exposes her fetus to the drug.Babies whose mothers used cocaine while pregnant supposedly have increased risk of several different health issues during growth and development and are colloquially known as crack babies.
Cardiac muscles become more sensitive to cocaine in pregnancy, in the presence of increasing progesterone concentrations. [86] Cocaine use leads to increased risk for perinatal outcomes: preterm delivery, low birth weight (less than 2500 grams) or reduced birth rate, small size and earlier gestational age at delivery. [87]
In the fall of 1988, staff at a hospital operated by the Medical University of South Carolina became concerned about the prevalence of so-called "crack babies," as well as an increase in cocaine use among pregnant women receiving prenatal treatment at the hospital. In the spring of 1989, hospital staff began conducting urine screens on pregnant ...
Two people were arrested in South Carolina and accused of trying to traffic illicit drugs under a false pregnancy belly, authorities said. 1,500 grams of cocaine fall out of woman's fake pregnancy ...
As a sitting member of Congress, Matt Gaetz paid for sex with a 17-year-old high school student, used cocaine and ecstasy, and spent thousands of dollars on sex- and drug-fueled partying ...
A 1-month-old baby who was abandoned on a Colorado road median by his parents on Christmas Day had cocaine in his system, heartbroken family members said. Police in Adams County received a 911 ...
Project Prevention says their main goal is to promote awareness of the dangers of using drugs during pregnancy. [5] They are better known, however, for paying drug addicts cash for volunteering for long-term birth control, including sterilization. The organization offers US$300 (£200 in the UK) to each participant.
Photos of what pregnancy tissue from early abortions at 5 to 9 weeks actually looks like have gone viral.. The images, which were originally shared by MYA Network — a network of physicians who ...