NonilexSep 25, 2024

#SCOTUS’ landmark 2022 ruling in #Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org “open[ed] the door to govt intrusion into #pregnancy in unprecedented ways,” #PregnancyJustice says, “throwing suspicion on pregnancy loss, particularly outside #medical settings.” In just the first year after Dobbs, ≥22 women around the US faced #criminal prosecution after suffering #miscarriages, #stillbirths, or the #death of #premature babies, the org reports.

#law #ReproductiveRights #VoteBlue
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/criminalizing-pregnancy-a-record-number-of-pregnant-women-were-prosecuted-the-year-after-dobbs/

Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs

They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.

Mother Jones
Show threadNonilexSep 25, 2024
#Dobbs didn’t just unleash a raft of #laws restricting & banning #abortion—it also…made authorities more skeptical of #women whose pregnancies end prematurely for reasons that have nothing to do w/abortion.…Wendy Bach, a #law prof at the University of TN Knoxville, who co-authored the report [said],”…in this postDobbs era, pregnancy loss is extremely suspicious. It can lead to #criminal investigation, criminal #charges, #incarceration, & #FamilySeparation.”
#MaleSupremacy
https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/press/new-pregnancy-justice-report-shows-high-number-of-pregnancy-related-prosecutions-in-the-year-after-dobbs/
New Pregnancy Justice Report Shows High Number of Pregnancy-Related Prosecutions in the Year After Dobbs | Pregnancy Justice

Pregnancy Justice
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#Pregnancy-loss cases represented just a fraction of the prosecutions tallied by #PregnancyJustice over 12 months. In total, Bach & her team found ≥210 cases in which authorities initiated #charges against #pregnant people for #crimes related to pregnancy or #birth. That’s a record number of pregnancy-related #prosecutions in 1 year—&, the researchers say, it’s almost certainly an undercount.

#law #SCOTUS #FarRight #ReproductiveRights #Abortion #AbortionIsHealthcare #MaleSupremacy #VoteBlue

Sep 25, 2024 at 1:24pmWeb
Show threadNonilexSep 25, 2024

[🚨🚨🚨madness!🚨🚨🚨]

In almost every case, authorities—driven by the idea that the #fetus can be the victim of a #crime perpetrated by its #pregnant #mother [by way of applying #FetalPersonhood] —charged #women using statutes that criminalize child endangerment, neglect, or abuse.

#law #SCOTUS #FarRight #ReproductiveRights #Abortion #AbortionIsHealthcare #MaleSupremacy #VoteBlue #VoteBlueNoMatterWho #HarrisWalz2024

Show threadGinny Bee (she/her)Sep 25, 2024
@Nonilex absolute madness!!
Show threadEhay2kSep 25, 2024

@Nonilex

Shout this from the rooftops. How is this even a thing? How are we punishing people who have just gone through a very traumatic experience like a miscarriage?

With these people it's only "God's will" if it's also their will.

This needs to become a talking point for all Democrats.

#voteblue