Mother Accused of Drug Use & Child Is Taken After Giving Birth

 Child Protective Services

Mother who reportedly used illegal drugs during pregnancy accused of murdering newborn twins. Tiffany Marie Roberts has been charged with murder and child neglect following the death of her newborn twins.

Local media confirmed that a mother who is believed to have tested positive for drugs at several points during her pregnancy is now facing felony charges including murder in connection with the deaths of her newborn twins.

According to court records, the Tennessee authorities charged the woman, Tiffany Marie Roberts, with murder, aggravated child abuse or neglect, and a charge relating to the victim being a viable fetus. The twins were conceived at 23 weeks prematurely and died two days later, The Tennessean newspaper reports on Tuesday.

Department of Chattanooga Police would not disclose the police report to ABC News, saying the investigation is continuing.

It is the latest example of prosecutors charging pregnant women or new mothers with criminal charges, triggering outrage from women's rights advocates.

In the case of Roberts, The Tennessean newspaper quotes an affidavit claiming that the twins were born with drugs in their system and that the day she gave birth, Roberts, 29, tested positive for ecstasy.

Records from the Court show that Roberts faces three charges brought on Tuesday 23 July.

She is being held on bail in the county jail and whether she has legal counsel it is unclear and she has a court appearance scheduled for 29 July.

The Tennessean notes that during her pregnancy, Roberts had tested positive for multiple narcotics, including cocaine, oxycodone, Roxicodone, methamphetamine, and benzodiazepine, during doctor's visits.

TC Thompson Children's Hospital officials called for a Tuesday death inquiry, The Tennessean reported citing an affidavit of detention.

Lynn Paltrow, the executive director who created the National Advocates for Pregnant Women organization, said Tennessee prosecutors have a history of seeking to criminalize conduct while pregnant, citing a Fetal Abuse law that the state had in effect from 2014 to 2016 but that has since been repealed.

Paltrow said the state "used its statutory authority to experiment with pregnant women's arrests as a way to improve child welfare but that experiment failed entirely."

Although in recent years Tennessee has obviously had some controversy about the legitimacy and morality of criminally prosecuting pregnant and new moms, they aren't alone.

Unfortunately, Tennessee isn't unusual in taking this kind of charge on the basis of her pregnancy result. Women had been charged with a number of crimes in other nations, "Paltrow said.

Busico, who is not interested in the Roberts case, emphasized the significance of the babies' autopsy findings in deciding the cause of death.

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