Abstract
With the simultaneous rise in maternal opioid use disorder (OUD) and the incarceration of pregnant people in the United States, we must ensure that prisons and jails adequately address the health and well-being of incarcerated pregnant people with OUD. Despite long-established, clear, and evidence-based recommendations regarding the treatment of OUD during pregnancy, incarcerated pregnant people with OUD do not consistently receive medication treatment and are instead forced into opioid withdrawal. This inadequate care raises multiple concerns, including issues of justice and equity, considerations regarding the legal and ethical obligations of the provision of health care, and violations of the medical and legal rights of incarcerated people. We offer recommendations for improving care for this often-ignored group.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 576-581 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Obstetrics and gynecology |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Dr. Sufrin is supported by a grant from NIH (NIDA- 5K23DA045934-02). Chris Ahlbach is supported by a grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through UCSF-CTSI Grant Number TL1 TR001871. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
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