Pregnant woman arrested for Indiana DUI
It is hard not to be sympathetic towards pregnant women, but this one really stretches the imagination of even the most forgiving amongst us. If the allegations turn out to be true, and she was above the legal driving limit while near full-term, she is not only breaking Indiana DUI law, she is also flirting with child-abuse.
Some states charge child abuse for having a child in the car when DUI. This, one could argue, is even worse because not only did she put the child's life in danger by the drinking and driving, she also developmentally jeopardized the baby by drinking in the first place.
Pregnant woman charged with drunk driving | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star: "An eight-months pregnant Fort Wayne woman was arrested early Saturday morning for drinking and driving, her second such arrest in 2009, state police said in a news release today.
Originally stopped for driving without head- or taillights around 4 a.m. Saturday morning, Molly E. Gram, 21, had a ‘strong odor of alcohol, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech,’ said Sgt. Ron Galaviz of the Indiana State Police’s Fort Wayne District.
‘After Trooper (Caleb) Anderson asked her to exit her vehicle, he promptly realized she was pretty far along (in her pregnancy),’ Galaviz said. ‘Gram also confirmed she was eight months pregnant.’
Gram failed several field sobriety tests and a portable breath test, but Galaviz said he only knew she tested above 0.08, the legal limit in Indiana. She later refused a chemical alcohol test for intoxication. Galaviz didn’t know where or why Gram had allegedly been drinking that evening."
I'm a DUI defense lawyer, but this would be a hard one to defend.
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well she would be just fine here in Mississippi. The female who committed identity theft and forged several checks on me. She was giving no jail time only put on probation with a non ad jus plea for 3 yrs: however, only 6 mos into her probation she was arrested for 3rd dui license already susp from 2 pior duis. and poss of pot. She was to have pobation revoked right no seems like she sang a sad story about being pregnant(single mom). who doesn't work. (but smokes and drinks) trying to get disablity. So what did the judge do- charge her with child abuse no since she couldn't do her probation he just closed out the case. Then gave her housearrest for 1 year (min sent.) If a man had hit her and had 3rd dui on probation who he had got the same ? I can't see that.