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Archive Home > 2005 > September > 02 > Judge: State cannot try Bend mom

Judge: State cannot try Bend mom

Meth-to-baby case pushed boundaries of Oregon law

By Cindy Powers / The Bulletin
September 2, 2005

In the first ruling of its kind in the state of Oregon, a Deschutes County Circuit Court judge decided Thursday that the state cannot prosecute a pregnant woman for delivering drugs to her baby via her umbilical cord.

"While this court believes the use of methamphetamine by a pregnant woman....

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