She Used Drugs While Pregnant. Should She Be in Prison?

Adora Perez was 29 years old and 37 weeks pregnant when she woke up to deep cramps on the evening of December 30, 2017. She had been napping at her grandfather’s when the pain started. Around 10 p.m., her boyfriend and her teenage daughter drove Adora the five minutes to Adventist Health Center in their hometown of Hanford, California, and helped her past the parking-lot palm trees and through the sliding-glass doors of the white stucco building, where Adora had given birth several times before. Inside, the nurses recognized her immediately.

Libra season starts Wednesday! Find out what that means for your weekly horoscope. There’s also a harvest moon tonight — maybe you want to honor it in some way? This summer showed us that there’s no going back to normal. Fast fashion in the U.S. is fueling an environmental disaster in Ghana. There’s a new royal baby on the scene, bringing Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchild count up to 12! The U.S. deported more than 300 asylum seekers to Haiti, and is planning seven daily deportation flights starting Wednesday to expel the other 12,000. OkCupid has introduced a “pro-choice” badge so users can clearly indicate their support of abortion rights. And the rollout of ridiculous current-events-based sexy Halloween costumes is off to a romping start.

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