Vermont’s child welfare agency has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the state routinely targets and tracks pregnant women.

“The tracking of these pre-partum cases is accomplished by something called the DCF pregnancy calendar, which is essentially a central inventory of high risk pregnant women upon whom DCF has ...

The motion neither confirms nor denies the existence of a “pregnancy calendar” used to track women, but says A.V. lacks standing to challenge it because she was never part of such a calendar ...