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Herr: Over 1,700 Pregnancy-Related Arrests and Prosecutions Documented Since Roe

Alexandria Herr · How air pollution and heat make pregnancy more dangerous · May 25, 2022 · at 2:54

Journalist Alexandria Herr discusses the legal history of criminalizing pregnancy outcomes with host Stephen Lacey following the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade.

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“Ever since the Roe v. Wade decision, there have been over 1700 documented arrests and prosecutions related to pregnancy outcomes, and that includes stillbirth.”

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Since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, there have been over 1,700 documented arrests and prosecutions in the United States related to pregnancy outcomes, including stillbirths.

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Data compiled by National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW, rebranded as Pregnancy Justice in November 2022) confirms that between the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling and 2020, there were 1,744 documented instances of arrests, criminal prosecutions, detentions, or forced medical interventions targeting pregnant or postpartum individuals in the United States. These documented cases specifically included prosecutions related to pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirths, miscarriages, and neonatal deaths.

NAPW/Pregnancy Justice recorded 413 documented cases between 1973 and 2005 and 1,331 cases between 2006 and 2020, totaling over 1,700 documented actions.
Documented cases include criminal charges (such as feticide, manslaughter, and chemical endangerment) brought against individuals for pregnancy outcomes including stillbirths and miscarriages.
Multiple reports published in 2022 by media organizations (including The Marshall Project and NPR) and Pregnancy Justice corroborate the >1,700 figure.

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[1] pregnancyjusticeus.org [2] pregnancyjusticeus.org [3] hrw.org [4] theguardian.com [5] facebook.com [6] news21.com [7] jaapl.org [8] theguardian.com

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