Brown, Charleston police, local prosecutors and prenatal care doctors at MUSC formed a task force to figure out how best to protect the fetuses, according to a prior court ruling.

CNN: Drug tests on pregnant women unconstitutional, lawyers argue

MUSC, which began the policy in 1989 and ended it in 1993, began the program at the urging of Shirley Brown, a nurse in the obstetrics department, who sought legal advice after noticing that more and more low-income women seeking prenatal care were testing positive for cocaine.

CNN: Drug tests on pregnant women unconstitutional, lawyers argue