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A Medford woman plans to challenge the state’s 16-year-old “cocaine mom” law after she was jailed after acknowledging past drug use while seeking a pregnancy test and medical help for ﻿depression and a thyroid problem.

The lawsuit, to be filed in U.S. District Court in Madison, will be brought by the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, the Carr Center for Reproductive Justice and the Perkins Coie law firm in Madison. They contend Wisconsin’s law allowing authorities to detain and force treatment on pregnant women suspected of drug or alcohol use is unconstitutional.

The pending lawsuit and a related challenge to an administrative finding of child maltreatment by the Taylor County Department of Human Services will be filed soon, Sara Ainsworth, director of legal advocacy for the national pregnancy advocacy group, said Thursday. A message left with Taylor County Human Services Director Amber Fallos was not returned.