Black Pregnant Women Are Tested More Frequently for Drug Use, Study Suggests

“Hospitals are more likely to give drug tests to Black women delivering babies than white women, regardless of the mother’s history of substance use, suggests a new study of a health system in Pennsylvania.  And such excessive testing was unwarranted, the study found: Black women were less likely than white women to test positive for drugs.”

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