PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 25, 2014
Contact: Farah Diaz-Tello
(212) 255-9252; (347) 829-4226
fdt@advocatesforpregnantwomen.
PRESS RELEASE: Florida Hospital Says It Will Force Pregnant Woman to Have Cesarean Surgery
FL: Jennifer Goodall vs. Comprehensive Women’s Health et al.
FL: Jennifer Goodall vs. Comprehensive Women’s Health et al.
July 24, 2014
Goodall Complaint
Motion for TRO and Proposed form of TRO
Goodall Memo
Declaration of Howard Minkoff with Exhibits
Declaration of Hytham Imseis with Exhibits
Declaration of Jennifer Goodall with Exhibits
Declaration of Mary Faith Marshall with Exhibits
Order Denying Temporary Restraining Order
Pregnancy Justice Traveled to Jacksonville, FL July 25-28 to Stand Our Ground for Marissa Alexander
Pregnancy Justice Traveled to Jacksonville, FL July 25-28 to Stand Our Ground for Marissa Alexander
July 23, 2014
The weekend of July 25 - 28, 2014, Pregnancy Justice's Director of Legal Advocacy, Sara Ainsworth, and Research & Program Associate, Laura Huss, attended and spoke at the "Standing Our Ground: Raising Our Voices against Reproductive Oppression and Violence against Women" conference and rally in Jacksonville, Florida.
PRESS RELEASE: Leading Experts & Organizations Challenge Tennessee Medical Association’s Role in New Pregnancy Criminalization Law
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JULY 17, 2014
CONTACT: ALEX WALDEN: (202) 587-2868
AWALDEN@RABENGROUP.COM
LEADING EXPERTS AND ORGANIZATIONS CHALLENGE TENNESSEE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’S ROLE IN NEW PREGNANCY CRIMINALIZATION LAW
Pregnancy Justice and More Than 70 Organizations and Medical and Ethics Professionals, Express Concern in Open Letter, Call on TMA to Join Efforts to Repeal the Law and Prioritize Confidential and Compassionate Health Care
New York, NY – Pregnancy Justice, along with more than 70 leading Tennessee, national, and international medial and ethics professionals, and other organizations, released a letter to policymakers and media calling attention to the Tennessee Medical Association’s (TMA) support for a radical new law allowing the arrest of women who become pregnant.
Open Letter to the Tennessee Medical Association
Open Letter to the Tennessee Medical Association: Should pregnant women trust doctors who defend laws that will lead to their arrest?
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PRESS RELEASE: Guadalupe County Jail Releases Pregnant Woman
PRESS RELEASE
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July 15, 2014
CONTACT: Kylee Sunderlin
212-255-9252
kjs@advocatesforpregnantwomen.
Arresting Developments (and some Victories) for Pregnant Women in the US
Arresting Developments (and some Victories) for Pregnant Women in the US
As if the recent Supreme Court decisions were not enough, the last few weeks have been a frightening reminder that it is not just women's rights to abortion and contraception that are at stake, but also their right to be free from arrests, prosecutions, and cruel and inhumane punishment.
First Arrest Demonstrates Failure of Tennessee’s Fetal Assault Law
Contacts:
Cherisse Scott, SisterReach, Healthy and Free Tennessee, 901-310-5488
Farah Diaz-Tello, Pregnancy Justice, 212-255-9252
Micaela Cadena, Young Women United, 575-644-5830
The following statement can be attributed to Healthcare Not Handcuffs:
As yesterday’s arrest of an East Tennessee mother makes clear, the state’s newly expanded fetal assault law is designed to humiliate and punish, not treat or protect.
Guadalupe County Jail Denies Medical Treatment to Pregnant Woman: Creates Serious Risk of Stillbirth
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2014
Contact: Kylee Sunderlin
(212) 255-9252
kjs@advocatesforpregnantwomen.
The Supreme Court Denies Contraceptive Supplies: We Say Organize!
In the abortion clinic access decision last week, and again on June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court reminded us that all women, including pregnant women and their families, must continue to fight for our human rights to health, living wage work, and to be recognized as full and equal members of society.