Pregnancy Criminalization And A Post-Roe World
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Pregnancy Criminalization And A Post-Roe World

Huff Post  

"We should either say it out loud, that pregnant people aren’t going to have rights — and that’s how we’re doing it — or we need to make sure pregnant folks have rights," author Grace E. Howard told HuffPost. “The criminal prosecution of pregnant people for crimes against the fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses they carry relies on a legal understanding that pregnant people occupy a different, lower space in the United States’ system of law,” Howard, who uses she/they pronouns, writes in her book. It was interesting to read about the link between pregnancy criminalization and, as you wrote, the three “periods of radicalized drug panic”: South Carolina’s crack cocaine crisis, Alabama’s methamphetamine crisis and Tennessee’s opioid crisis. For me, we should either say it out loud, that pregnant people aren’t going to have rights — and that’s how we’re doing it — or we need to make sure pregnant folks have rights.

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The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry
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The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry

Slate  

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Salon  

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3 months, 1 week ago

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Salon  

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3 months, 1 week ago

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Slate  

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Independent  

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55 years ago

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Slate  

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The Hindu  

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Nearly 1,400 People Were Arrested For How They Acted During Pregnancy Before Roe Fell
1 year, 3 months ago

Nearly 1,400 People Were Arrested For How They Acted During Pregnancy Before Roe Fell

Huff Post  

Hundreds of pregnant Americans have been criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriage, according to a new report from Pregnancy Justice. A new report from Pregnancy Justice, a legal advocacy organization for pregnant people, reveals that hundreds of pregnant Americans were criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriage, even when Roe was in effect. Fetal personhood laws that focused on …

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1 year, 6 months ago

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The Independent  

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Here's the 'heart-wrenching' reality of post-Roe medical care for women
1 year, 10 months ago

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Raw Story  

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2 years, 2 months ago

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Huff Post  

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2 years, 6 months ago

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The Independent  

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55 years ago

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Slate  

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Slate  

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Slate  

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Huff Post  

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2 years, 11 months ago

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LA Times  

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5 years, 5 months ago

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The Independent  

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