http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/previewglance_oct00.html What are the Limits on Warrantless Drug Testing of Pregnant Women? Ferguson v. City of Charleston Docket No. 99-936 From: The Fourth Circuit Case at a Glance This case involves a Fourth Amendment challenge to a drug-testing policy implemented at a South Carolina public hospital. Under the policy, pregnant women are tested -- without warrants or probable cause -- for cocaine use. Positive test results are shared with law-enforcement officials, and some women were arrested and threatened with prosecution if they did not complete drug treatment. Previewed by Richard W. Garnett, a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School in Notre Dame, Ind. Supreme Court Decision: Pending