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A pregnant woman was shot in the stomach during a fight. The shooting caused her pregnancy to end. She has been indicted for manslaughter. This is how people-- especially women of color-- are already being punished & having their pregnancies criminalized. https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/06/woman-indicted-in-shooting-death-of-her-unborn-child-charges-against-shooter-dismissed.html
Learn more about the existence and enforcement of pregnancy criminalization laws that continue to punish pregnant people and strip them of their rights and dignity: https://www.bustle.com/p/the-rising-trend-of-criminalizing-pregnancy-is-turning-everyone-into-suspects-10115792
Our partners at @NAPW have done a great job of tracking (and fighting) incidents of detaining and jailing pregnant people for things that occur related to their pregnancy-- aka the criminalization of pregnancy. Here's an article about one of their reports: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/15/criminalisation-pregnancy-women-study
Sign up for our Action Alerts (we promise not to fill your inbox) to keep up-to-date on what you can do to help fight the anti-abortion laws that make the criminalizing of pregnancy like this possible: http://cqrcengage.com/prochoice/app/register?0&m=59843
In case you missed, an AL court recently recognized a fetus as a person with legal rights thanks to a personhood ballot initiative that passed in 2018. A guy is using it to sue @ALWomensCenter for providing his girlfriend the abortion care she wanted: https://www.salon.com/2019/03/06/alabama-court-said-to-be-first-in-us-to-recognize-aborted-fetus-as-person-with-rights/
But Alabama isn't the only state prosecuting people for miscarriages or pregnancy-related actions. Check out this series by the @nytopinion Editorial Board about how anti-abortion "personhood" & similar laws are already being used to jail & detain people: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/28/opinion/abortion-pregnancy-pro-life.html
No one should be prosecuted for a miscarriage. Anti-abortion laws make it possible. https://twitter.com/NatAbortionFed/status/1144011714427596800
BREAKING GOOD NEWS: Marshae Jones will NOT be tried for the manslaughter charges associated with her miscarriage: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/07/marshae-jones-will-not-be-tried-for-manslaughter-in-unborn-babys-death-da-says.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true https://twitter.com/NatAbortionFed/status/1144011714427596800?s=19
This is great news! Unfortunately, this isn't the first time we've seen someone arrested for their miscarriage and/or decisions during their pregnancy and it won't be the last. Learn about other instances here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/28/opinion/abortion-pregnancy-pro-life.html
The fact that it has happened before and will continue to happen if anti-abortion politicians get their way is one of the MANY reasons we will continue to fight the laws that make criminalizing pregnancy possible. Join our advocacy list to help us: http://cqrcengage.com/prochoice/app/register?0&m=59843
Another woman of color faces involuntary manslaughter charges due to her decisions while pregnant and pregnancy outcome. This puts all pregnant people at risk. If you were outraged by Marshae Jones's charges, you need to be outraged by Samantha Flute's. https://twitter.com/NatAbortionFed/status/1148324651271172096
