wp-fail2ban domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121The case against Chandler-Scott is believed to be the first of its kind in Georgia, according to Dana Sussman, the senior vice-president of Pregnancy Justice, a reproductive justice group that tracks the criminalization of pregnancy. After the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, Georgia enacted an abortion ban that includes language suggesting … Read more
Still, Chandler-Scott’s arrest comes at a time when a growing number of women are facing pregnancy-related prosecutions in which the fetus is treated as a person with legal rights. And her experience raises troubling questions about miscarriages that happen in states with strict abortion laws, women’s health advocates say. How should remains be disposed of? … Read more
Brittany Watts files lawsuit accusing medical professionals of conspiring with police to fabricate abuse of corpse charge Read more at The Guardian
This censorship effort doesn’t just impact the data about abortion ban-related deaths, either. Before 2022, both Texas and Georgia had some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. There’s been an eye-popping 56% rise in pregnancy-related deaths in Texas over the past few years. Anyone who actually cared about women or “life” would want … Read more
I can’t agree to disagree about doctors refusing medical attention for ectopic pregnancies, and women being arrested for their miscarriages. Have you ever had a miscarriage? I have. It’s physically and emotionally devastating enough without the fear that you and your healthcare provider may be questioned, scrutinized, penalized, that you may have your life endangered, … Read more
Project 2025, which was primarily crafted by the influential thinktank the Heritage Foundation but backed by more than 100 conservative groups, includes a laundry list of anti-abortion policies. It suggests rolling back the FDA’s approval of abortion pills, increasing CDC “surveillance” of abortion and pregnancy loss to police ban violations, and stripping federal funding from … Read more
States across the country have been using a series of laws and court rulings in the past decade to criminalize how women react to pregnancy loss. Legal experts say the fear and suspicion following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that allowed states to ban abortion may be making things … Read more
Recent legal fights in Ohio provide a glimpse of how even sweeping abortion protections don’t automatically undo the effects of restrictions, and could lead to new ones. Last year, Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to an abortion. But pro-abortion-rights advocates in the state are still fighting to throw out the state’s … Read more
The majority of cases did not require prosecutors to find evidence that the fetus was harmed Read more at Salon
More than 200 of the 210 recorded prosecutions involve allegations of substance use during pregnancy. In almost 200 of the cases, prosecutors charged people using statutes that criminalize child abuse, neglect, or endangerment – charges that treat an embryo or fetus as a person, complete with rights and protections that may compete with that of … Read more
