NYTM: Mommy Had To Go Away for A While

by Ada Calhoun Apr 25, 2012

NYTM: Mommy Had To Go Away for A While

Here's an article I wrote for this week's New York Times Magazine about the chemical endangerment prosecutions of new mothers for giving birth to babies who have been exposed to drugs. Online they're calling it "The Criminalization of Bad Mothers."

Pictured- The Kimbrough family in their Russellville living room. Missing is Amanda, who is now in jail. By Lynsey Addario for the New York Times.