Amna Nawaz
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After Roe, pregnant women face increased risk of criminal prosecution
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November 15, 2024
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8:33Now PlayingCorrection: This piece misstated the number of women who faced criminal charges in the first year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It should be 210. Also, a graphic at the end of the piece should have described an analysis of pregnancy criminalization cases as focused on live births with no proof of harm to the baby in the year following that ruling. We regret the errors.
In the first year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion, 200 women faced charges for behavior related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss or birth. The decision emboldened prosecutors to develop aggressive strategies to charge and imprison pregnant women and mothers. But even prior to the overturning of Roe, hundreds of women faced such charges. Sarah Varney reports.
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