The Supreme Court in Ferguson v. City of Charleston (2001) , involving state hospital obstetric patients who were pregnant and arrested for child abuse after testing positive for cocaine, decided that:
A) the warrantless, suspicionless, and nonconsensual searches violated the Fourth Amendment
B) the searches do not violate the Fourth Amendment because the incidence of cocaine use among pregnant women has created a special need.
C) the searches do not violate the Fourth Amendment if doctors suspect the mother is using cocaine.
D) the searches violate the Fourth Amendment because they are conducted by health care professionals and not law enforcement.
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