In this op-ed, Morgan Philbin, PhD, MHS, associate director at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative and director of the Educations Program, and Emilie Bruzelius, PhD, MPH, a post-doctoral fellow in substance use epidemiology at Columbia University, advocates for rolling back punitive policies and creating non-stigmatizing medical environments that can support pregnant people who use drugs. They outline the unique barriers that people who are pregnant face. They write, "All stakeholders—healthcare providers and policymakers—must bring compassion to innovative drug policies that are fueled by science instead of stigma."
This op-ed was published as part of the Public Voices Fellowship in partnership with The OpEd Project and funding from the California Health Care Foundation.
