still-born Archives - Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc

Legal Implications – Fetus (Drug Use During Pregnancy)

Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.
2014-06-27 at 5:30 am

Categories: Homicide, Neonaticide/Filicide, Toxicology
Tags: drug use during pregnancy, fetus, filicide, homicide, Neonaticide, still-born, stillbirth, toxicology

It has long been discussed if the unborn child had any rights. Criminalization of drug use during pregnancy opens a can of worms for the legal community. Read More...

Legal Implications – Mother (Drug Use During Pregnancy)

Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.
2014-06-20 at 6:30 am

Categories: Homicide, Neonaticide/Filicide, Toxicology
Tags: drug use during pregnancy, fetus, filicide, homicide, Neonaticide, still-born, stillbirth, toxicology

In 2007, a young Mississippi woman was indicted by a grand jury for “depraved heart murder” which is defined as an act that results from the gross negligence of an individual. Read more about the case and the controversy around it. Read More...

Drug Effects on the Fetus

Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.
2014-06-13 at 6:30 am

Categories: Homicide, Neonaticide/Filicide, Toxicology
Tags: drug use during pregnancy, fetus, filicide, homicide, Neonaticide, still-born, stillbirth, toxicology

Everything we eat and are exposed to has the potential of crossing the placental barrier. Illicit drugs are among substances that are correlated with fetal demise. Read More...