We submitted written testimony at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of their July, 2022 hearing, "A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences ...
Pregnancy Justice
Pregnancy Justice defends pregnant people and people who experience pregnancy loss.
Pregnancy Justice is the leading organization providing pro bono (free) legal assistance to pregnant people who have been charged with a crime because they experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth, or gave birth to a baby who did not survive.
No matter what a pregnant person does, 15 to 20 percent of all pregnancies (or approximately 1 million a year in the U.S.) will end in a miscarriage or stillbirth. A small percentage of pregnant people also give birth to babies who do not survive their first 28 days of life.
People who had every hope of continuing their pregnancy to term have been subjected to police investigations and arrests based on the claim that they “really” had an abortion, that they did or did not do something that caused the pregnancy loss, or because they did not know what to do after such a loss, including not knowing how to dispose of fetal remains.
Pregnancy Justice has played a major role in helping to get charges dropped and convictions overturned in numerous cases involving charges of feticide, manslaughter, “depraved heart” homicide and homicide by child abuse.
Pregnancy Justice believes that no person should fear arrest or be subjected to government control or retribution as a result of pregnancy or any outcome of pregnancy. Call us or have your lawyer reach us at 212-255-9252.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
The issue of pregnancy loss is in fact interconnected with the all of the other issues Pregnancy Justice addresses and all of Pregnancy Justice's work reflects this.
For people who know they’re pregnant, 10-20% pregnancies end in miscarriage. Estimates are as high as 31% to 50% when including people who miscarry before knowing they are pregnant.
Physicians can't determine the cause of 25-65% of all stillbirths. It’s often impossible to distinguish pregnancy loss from an abortion.
Prosecuting people for experiencing stillbirth is cruel, inhumane, ignores root causes of poor pregnancy outcomes and perinatal loss, and discourages those who need prenatal care most.
Pregnancy Justice
We submitted written testimony at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of their July, 2022 hearing, "A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences ...
Pregnancy Justice
For decades, pregnant people across America have been subjected to criminalization and deprivations of liberty on the basis of pregnancy or pregnancy ...
Pregnancy Justice
June 23, 2022
As we await the anticipated fall of Roe and the subsequent loss of the constitutionally protected right to abortion, Pregnancy Justice ...
Pregnancy Justice
Emily Akers of Oklahoma experienced a pregnancy loss at 20 weeks and was charged with manslaughter based on the theory that methamphetamine use caused ...