Meet the Woman Helping Pregnant People Fight Hellish Legal Battles Post-Roe
Pregnancy Justice has tracked 41 cases of bogus criminal charges this year. The group's new president, Lourdes Rivera, is trying to keep people out of jail.
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Pregnancy Justice has tracked 41 cases of bogus criminal charges this year. The group's new president, Lourdes Rivera, is trying to keep people out of jail.
In two weeks, a 33-year-old woman named Kelsey Carpenter will go to court in San Diego, California, to seek the dismissal of murder and felony child abuse charges against her. Carpenter’s alleged crime is a home birth that ended in her newborn’s death after she went into labor early. She chose to give birth at home because she feared her baby would be taken from her due to her substance use. And instead of being offered addiction support services or time to grieve the loss of her baby, Carpenter
A panel of three federal court judges heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could force a major abortion pill off the market nationwide.
Across the country, lawmakers are beginning to correct “tough on crime” policies. But many of these reforms explicitly exclude people who are already in prison.
The BOSS and SWIFT Act, named after Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, was introduced by U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell Jr. and Frank Pallone.