Prenatal THC Users Win Class Status in Child Abuse List Suit

Idaho women who tested positive for prenatal drug use can pursue class claims over whether a regulation requiring their placement on a state-wide child abuse registry is unconstitutional, a federal court said.

Named plaintiff Keeva Rossow convinced the US District Court for the District of Idaho on Tuesday to certify a class consisting of other women like her who tested positive for using THC while pregnant and whose names were or will be added to a state-wide listing of people accused of child abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Judge B. Lynn Winmill said the proposed class met all the prerequisites for ...