If a pregnant woman addicted to drugs takes drugs that harm her fetus, can the woman be punished for a criminal act?

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If a pregnant woman addicted to drugs takes drugs that harm her fetus, can the woman be punished for a criminal act? Would this be punishing her for her “status” as a drug addict?
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Answers must be cited like this:
Lippman, Mathew, (2019), “Criminal Procedure”, (Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Procedure, pgs. 1-14), 4th edition, Sage Publishing Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA.

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