Something terrible is happening in South Carolina. So-called “fetal personhood” laws are facilitating the criminalization of pregnant people for “child neglect,” and “endangerment.” This legal fiction – that pregnant people can neglect or endanger a child who has yet to…
Last month, the status of abortion access in the South got even more dire. On October 24, the Georgia Supreme Court in its 6-1 decision, allowed the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks to stay in effect. In the…
According to a recent report by Pregnancy Justice, there were 1,396 cases of pregnancy criminalization in the United States between January 2006 and June 2022. Pregnancy criminalization is defined as instances where someone is “arrested for reasons related to their…
Jessica Mason Pieklo reports that the Becket Fund, a conservative legal advocacy organization, is positioning itself to exacerbate the violence that clinics are enduring. Last month, Becket Fund filed a petition with the Supreme Court, asking for the Court to…
