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Pittsburgh artist Jill Miller converted an ice-cream truck into a roaming piece of pop-art that can also serve as a lactation-break room. After a strong start politically, she’s applying for nonprofit status to get funding grants rolling.
Philadelphia study of two sets of poor young children indicates that on tests of their learning abilities, the children of mothers who used cocaine did as well as the control group.
Eighteen states have anti-drug laws that may interfere with a woman’s right to choose and could be applied in a racially discriminatory manner. Mothers may also loose custody to a foster care system that is often inadequate.