to Jessica

i agree with you. but there are some points that i would also like to point out. you might be right were if drug test are mandatory you will get more people getting abortions. but is this what we really want? and yes just doing the random is wrong as well as most are poor women of color. but i still think that it is the mothers responsibility to get clean, if they do get caught the right way then they deserve what comes to them. but discriminating against these poor women is wrong on so many levels. also did you ever think that this would cost us the tax payers more money if we make mandatory to do drug test. i have and i think that if the mom cant get clean on there own they should not even be having a baby in the first place. there are many ways to prevent this and even abortion should be chosen if the mom is a drug user, mainly because they should know that they are not ready for a baby. get your life straighten out before you even think you can raise a baby properly. if you can't do it properly don't do it at all.

Gostin, Lawrence O. "Testing Pregnant Women for Drug Abuse Is Discriminatory."
San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
Web. 29 Jan. 2010