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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 03:02 PM Feb 2016

Laws increasingly used to punish pregnant women (sev articles)

From Nat'l Partnership f/ Women & Families - ReproHealthWatch

Laws increasingly used to punish pregnant women | February 10, 2016

At the same time that antiabortion-rights lawmakers across the country are working to restrict access to abortion care, pregnant women are being criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes. States are targeting pregnant women with feticide laws and laws penalizing drug use, disproportionately impacting low-income women and women of color. Despite both new and continued attacks, women's health advocates are fighting back.


Laws criminalizing pregnant women put people who need health care in handcuffs
http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=nV8Z8cgZRgT1fOuPONYsgg

States increasingly penalize pregnant women for drug use
http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=OFE2ZGgY0PEt9S-gG2Vr7w

Documentary outlines consequences of 'feticide' laws
http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=wMrMtB4nT3gk4rsgXq1t_w


AL health task force amendments to state chemical endangerment law = 479 pregnant women arrested http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=TZlNBDN5Tyywqn4y75E-2A

TN woman pleads not guilty to attempted murder charge after trying to self-induce abortion
http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=WunX5_R3MZD3NXvERRtrkg


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