She had been to rehab before but couldn’t fathom how to do it while pregnant. Through word of mouth, Sims found UNC Horizons, a substance use disorder treatment program at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine designed for pregnant women and mothers. “That’s really scary.”That comes amid a fourfold increase in opioid use disorders among pregnant women in the past two decades, according to the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare. When children are removed from mothers, it’s a risk for relapse.”For pregnant women facing this reality, the disconnect begins with trying to find help. And while 19 states have or fund drug treatment programs for pregnant women, only 10 states protect them from discrimination in publicly funded rehab programs that may not want to take on the risk of treating them, the Guttmacher Institute said.

Source: ABC News July 15, 2021 16:07 UTC