title: Commentary: mal-intentioned illiteracy, willful ignorance, and fetal protection laws: is there a lexicologist in the house?
abstract: Author argues that fetal protection laws result from the antiabortion agenda, not from concern for child health. Such laws derive from rhetorical dissembling, not careful crafting of public health policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D009357:Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014922:Wisconsin
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs