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2024

Drug Testing of Pregnant Patients Is Discriminatory, Lawsuit Claims | The Marshall Project | October 2024
How Abortion Foes Are Using Transphobia to Derail New York’s Equal Rights Amendment | Mother Jones | October 2024
Postpartum Care in Louisiana Threatened After State Officially Criminalizes Abortion Pills | Jezebel | October 2024
New report shows more than 200 pregnant people have faced criminal charges since Dobbs decision | Salon | October 2024
After the Fall of Roe, Hundreds of Pregnant People Faced Criminal Charges | Teen Vogue | October 2024
Vance Tries to Hide His Hard-Line Anti-Abortion Record by Coopting Democratic Talking Points | Democracy Now! | October 2024
Hundreds Prosecuted for Drug Use During Pregnancy in Year After Dobbs | Filter | October 2024
More Women Are Being Locked Up for Their Pregnancies Than Ever Before | Slate | October 2024
White Women Weren’t The Only Ones Who Fought For Abortion Access | HuffPost | September 2024
More than 200 women faced pregnancy related criminal charges in the year after US abortion law was overturned | The BMJ | September 2024
‘Maternity Homes’ Treating Women Like Criminals | Abortion, Every Day | September 2024
Thanks to Trump, Criminal Charges Related to Pregnancy Hit All-Time High | Common Dreams | September 2024
Post-Roe, pregnant women face growing risk of criminal prosecution for charges much broader than abortion | CNN | September 2024
At least 210 pregnant people faced criminal charges following Dobbs ruling, report says | CBS | September 2024
More than 200 pregnancy-related prosecutions in first year post-Roe | The Guardian | September 2024
Abortion Bans Contributed to Most Documented Pregnancy-Related Criminal Charges in a Single Year | Jezebel | September 2024
Hundreds of Pregnant Women Prosecuted The Year After Roe v. Wade Fell | Rolling Stone | September 2024
The Rise of Pregnancy Criminalization Post-Dobbs | Time | September 2024
More women are charged with pregnancy-related crimes since Roe’s end, study finds | Associated Press | September 2024
Criminal charges for pregnant women on the rise after the fall of Roe: Report | Courthouse News Service | September 2024
More Women Charged With Pregnancy-Related Crimes Since Roe’s End | Newsweek | September 2024
Louisiana Hospitals Preemptively Pull Life-Saving Medication Ahead of New Anti-Abortion Law | Jezebel | September 2024
Funding reproductive justice for the long fight after Dobbs | Alliance | August 2024
Ohio Republican Introduces Fetal Personhood Bill With the Cute Acronym, STORK | Jezebel | August 2024
She used delta-8 from a gas station. Alabama said she couldn’t keep her baby at home. | AL.com | August 2024
Ohio Could Give Tax Credits for Unborn Children | Newsweek | August 2024
The New War on Drugs | Abortion, Every Day | August 2024
How Pregnancy is Policed: Your Questions Answered | Bolts | August 2024
Potential threats to IVF push political novices into election-year advocacy | Stateline | August 2024
IVF Changed America. But Its Future Is Under Threat | TIME | August 2024
Conservatives push to declare fetuses as people, with far-reaching consequences | Stateline | July 2024
Indiana Anti-Abortion Group Is Harassing the Government to Dox Abortion Patients | Jezebel | July 2024
Abortion, LGBTQ rights are on NY ballots this fall. But will the wording confuse voters? | The Journal News | July 2024
Editorial: They changed the wording in party platform, but the GOP still wants to ban abortion | LA Times | July 2024
Are Republicans Faking Their Abortion Infighting? | Abortion, Every Day | July 2024
A Fetus Doesn’t Need Its Own Medical Marijuana License, Oklahoma Court Says | Reason | July 2024
Oklahoma court rules pregnant women can use medical marijuana, legislature could act | KSWO | July 2024
Editorial: They changed the wording in party platform, but the GOP still wants to ban abortion | Los Angeles Times | July 2024
Pregnancy in America is starting to feel like a crime | Vox | June 2024
What are the potential risks to fertility and reproductive care post-Roe v. Wade? | ABC News | June 2024
Justice in Pregnancy | New York Times | June 2024
Idaho GOP Becomes Latest To Embrace Fetal Personhood, Threatening Access To IVF | Talking Points Memo | June 2024
Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Red, White and Blue’ Screenings to Raise Funds for Abortion Access, Gender Justice | Hollywood Reporter | June 2024
Criminalizing Drugs—Including Misoprostol and Mifepristone—Is a Bad Idea | Ms.Magazine | June 2024
Comanche Co. mother charged with felony child neglect after taking medical marijuana while pregnant | KSWO-TV | June 2024
NY Attorney General Investigates Drug-Testing Pregnant and New Moms, as Legal Challenges Over the Practice Grow | The Imprint | June 2024
The Texas Republican Party Appears to Want the Death Penalty for Abortion Patients | Jezebel | May 2024
Louisiana Is the 1st State to Criminalize Possession of Medication Abortion With Sneaky New Law | Jezebel | May 2024
When an Abortion Ban Is Not Enough: Louisiana Seeks to Add Abortion Pills to List of Controlled Dangerous Substances | Ms.Magazine | May 2024
Alabama’s War on Women | Rolling Stone | May 2024
Louisiana House passes bill making abortion pills controlled substances | The Washington Post | May 2024
Will Alabama’s IVF Mess Go National? | Rewire News Group | May 2024
Katie Britt Marks Mother’s Day With Bill That’ll Prey on Pregnant Women | Jezebel | May 2024
Trump says he wouldn’t sign a federal abortion ban. Could he limit abortion access in other ways if reelected? | CBS News | May 2024
Supreme Court’s next chapter on abortion puts women’s health in its crosshairs | Courthouse News Service | May 2024
Louisiana GOP Wants to Add Abortion Pills to the State’s Controlled Substances List | Jezebel | May 2024
Stop Reading Tea Leaves. We Know What Trump Intends on Abortion. | The New Republic | May 2024
“People Are Going to Die”: Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S. | Democracy Now! | April 2024
Will Doctors No Longer Be Able To Use Abortions During Emergency Medical Situations? | Essence | April 2024
A Va. woman wants access to two frozen embryos. Her ex-husband says no. | The Washington Post | April 2024
Justice Alito Voices Support for Fetal Rights in Federal Law | Bloomberg Law | April 2024
Alito reignites fetal rights debate in Idaho abortion case | The Hill | April 2024
This Supreme Court Case Could Worsen Maternal Health Nationwide | The Nation | April 2024
The Liberal Justices Had to Explain Why Pregnant Women Should Be Treated Like Human Beings | Jezebel | April 2024
NY Cases Underline Harms of Drug Testing During Pregnancy | Filter | April 2024
The ‘WTF Is Happening’ Guide to the Supreme Court’s 2nd Abortion Case | Jezebel | April 2024
New York hospital sues attorney general over drug-testing investigation | Politico | April 2024
Lawmakers in some states say they want to protect IVF services. But how can they do that effectively? | WFYI Indianapolis | April 2024
Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case | Bloomberg Law | April 2024
Texas Woman Sues Prosecutors Over Murder Charge for Abortion | Truthout | April 2024
Woman Charged With Murder After Abortion Sues Prosecutor | The Cut | April 2024
A ‘divinely created’ being: States try to define fetal personhood | Washington Post | March 2024
Repro-Rights Advocates Focused on Abortion and Not Pregnancy. That Was a Mistake. | Mother Jones | March 2024
Will Abortion Rights Energize the Latino Vote? | Latino USA | March 2024
Bitter Pill: Pregnancy and Personhood in a Post-Dobbs America | Sidebar by Courthouse News | March 2024
Pregnancy Criminalization, Surveillance, and the Child Welfare System | rePROs Fight Back | March 2024
States push ‘fetal personhood’ bills despite outrage at Alabama IVF ruling | The Guardian | March 2024
The Editorial Board: Transparency about drug testing is essential in maternal care | Buffalo News | March 2024
Senators clash over impact of Dobbs ruling on IVF, other reproductive rights | The Hill | March 2024
Senators spar over IVF ruling, fetal personhood | Courthouse News Service | March 2024
Birmingham mother testifies at U.S. Senate in support of IVF | AL.com | March 2024
Kentucky senate passes bill granting right to collect child support for fetuses | The Guardian | March 2024
Alabama court ruling on IVF reminder of what reproductive rights advocates have long warned | The San Diego Union-Tribune | March 2024
“This Isn’t Speedy or Fair” | The Meteor | March 2024
Missouri’s ban on pregnant women divorcing creates a ‘perfect storm’ for reproductive abuse | The Independent | March 2024
After Alabama | Abortion, Everyday | March 2024
The Face Of The Opioid Crisis Is Changing, And Treatments Need To Catch Up | Women’s Health | March 2024
How ‘fetal personhood’ in Alabama’s IVF ruling evolved from fringe to mainstream | NPR | March 2024
Alabama passed a new IVF law. But questions remain. | Alabama Reflector | March 2024
Thank the Alabama Supreme Court for its IVF decision. I’m serious. | Washington Post | March 2024
A legal one-off or the ‘next frontier’? What will determine if Alabama’s IVF ruling comes to other states | CNN | March 2024
How Arguments that Embryos Are People Pose a Threat to IVF | Scientific America | March 2024
All About Personhood, the Concept at the Center of Alabama Ruling on Frozen Embryos | Bloomberg | February 2024
‘Scratching their heads’: State lawmakers take a closer look at personhood laws in wake of Alabama ruling | Politico | February 2024
The Costs for I.V.F. Patients After Alabama’s Ruling | NY Times | February 2024
MI reproductive rights advocates respond to Alabama ruling that frozen embryos are people | The Michigan Independent | February 2024
Opinion: What the Alabama Supreme Court’s Decision Says About Our Failing Democracy | HuffPost | February 2024
She says a hospital used her past against her — and took her newborn – 19th News, February 2024
Texas Woman Reveals How She Caught Hubby Poisoning Her With Abortion Drug | The Daily Beast | February 2024
Why the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on embryos matters | MSNBC | February 2024
Column: Would you expect a firefighter to run into a burning building to save a frozen embryo? | Los Angeles Times | February 2024
Conservatives Are Already Using Alabama’s “Frozen Embryos Are Children” Ruling to Go After Abortion | Vanity Fair | February 2024
Doctors shocked and angry as Alabama ruling throws IVF care into turmoil | The Guardian | February 2024
Fertility Treatments Threatened In Post-Roe Alabama | What A Day Podcast | February 2024
What the Alabama Embryo Ruling Could Mean for the Future of Fertility Rights | Harper’s BAZAAR | February 2024
Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children | CNN | February 2024
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are children, imperiling IVF | The Washington Post | February 2024
Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are ‘Children’ In Chilling Legal First | Jezebel | February 2024
Alabama Court Says IVF Embryos Are “Extrauterine Children” — And People Under The Law | Rolling Stone | February 2024
Pregnancy care was always lacking in jails. Could it get worse? | 19th News | February 2024
Kansas Voters Rejected an Abortion Ban. Now Republicans Want to Make Fetuses People | Jezebel | February 2024
My Thanks to Dobbs | Ms.Magazine | January 2024
A Nurse Called Police After a Black Woman Miscarried—There’s a History to That | Mother Jones | January 2024
‘I didn’t know what I was supposed to do’: US women who miscarry are in dangerous legal limbo post-Roe | The Guardian | January 2024
Arresting Women to ‘Protect’ Their Fetuses | Abortion, Every Day | January 2024
Jury Decides Not to Prosecute Black Woman in Ohio for Having a Miscarriage | Jezebel | January 2024
The increasing risk of criminal charges for women who experience a miscarriage | PBS NewsHour | January 2024
Grand jury declines to indict Ohio woman who miscarried of abusing a corpse | The Washington Post | January 2024
Hospital policy prompted a surprise drug test that nearly cost an Iowa couple their 2 sons | Des Moines Register | January 2024

2023

Ohio grand jury to decide whether to charge woman who miscarried for ‘abuse of a corpse’ | The Guardian | December 2023
The Ohio Black Woman Criminalized For Miscarriage Tells Her Story | The Root | December 2023
A Woman in Ohio Miscarried. Now She’s Being Charged With Abusing a Corpse. | Slate | December 2023
A Black woman in Ohio was charged after miscarrying in her bathroom. Experts warn of the dangerous precedent. | MSNBC.com | December 2023
Opinion: Prosecuted for a miscarriage: Ohio demonstrates the ghoulishness of post-Roe America | MSNBC.com | December 2023
Oklahoma Wants to Prosecute Woman Who Took Edibles Because Her Fetus Didn’t Have Medical Marijuana Card | Jezebel | December 2023
Medical marijuana use won’t trigger child abuse investigation, Arizona agency says | The Arizona Republic | December 2023
Sultan: Could you go to prison for having a miscarriage? | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | December 2023
Letter to the Editor: Protecting pregnant people from criminalization | The Washington Post | December 2023
Public Outrage May Have Helped Clear Mother of Murder Charge Over Fatal Home Birth | Jezebel | December 2023
California woman cleared of murder charge for baby’s death in home birth | The Guardian | December 2023
Black Ohio woman’s arrest after pregnancy loss begs the question, ‘What do you do after a miscarriage?’ | Reckon | December 2023
Emerging Data Shows Pregnant People Face a Greater Risk of Prosecution Without Roe — And Not Just For Abortion | South Seattle Emerald | December 2023
From Emergency Room to Prison: Health Care Providers Are Most Likely To Report Pregnant People | Mother Jones | November 2023
Ford School hosts Lourdes Rivera for discussion on reproductive justice | The Michigan Daily | November 2023
When Pregnancy is Criminalized | The Meteor | November 2023
How Antiabortion Laws Are Being Used to Criminalize Pregnancy | Teen Vogue | November 2023
South Carolina Is Ripping Infants Away From Their Mothers Over Pot Use | Truthout | November 2023
Say the Word Abortion: Policy Change Can’t Happen Without Culture Change | Rewire | October 2023
Alabama woman was forced to give birth in a jail shower, lawsuit says | Washington Post | October 2023
Alabama jail accused of mistreating pregnant detainees, putting unborn children at risk | PBS NewsHour | October 2023
Republicans Want to Control Your Pregnancy, Not Just Your Abortion | Ms. Magazine | October 2023
Mother Sues Alabama Jail After Being Forced to Give Birth Alone in a Shower | Truthout | October 2023
When Any Birth Outcome Can Be a Criminal One | Ms.Magazine | October 2023
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower – The Guardian, October 2023
Alabama woman sues, claims she was forced to give birth in jailhouse shower – AL.com, October 2023
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder | ProPublica | October 2023
Put to the test: Pregnant women in SC face severe consequences for using drugs | The Post and Courier | September 2023
Criminalizing Abortion Makes Cases Like Nebraska More Common, Experts Warn | The Appeal | September 2023
Steep rise in criminalizing pregnant people during Roe era, new data shows | The Guardian | September 2023
How the Criminal-Justice System Is Targeting Pregnant People | The Cut | September 2023
Pregnancy-Related Arrests Spiked During Last 16 Years, Report Finds | The Appeal | September 2023
Nearly 1,400 People Were Arrested For How They Acted During Pregnancy Before Roe Fell | HuffPost | September 2023
As arrests of pregnant women rise, Alabama leads the way, report says | AL.com | September 2023
Report reveals Alabama leads country in pregnant women arrests | WAAY31 TV | September 2023
Pregnant, poor and punished: Southern states take the lead in arresting expectant mothers | Reckon | September 2023
Pregnant, poor and punished: Southern states take the lead in arresting expectant mothers | Cleveland.com | September 2023
Pregnant, poor and punished: Southern states take the lead in arresting expectant mothers | OregonLive | September 2023
Why pregnancy-related arrests in the US surged over the last two decades in Southern states | The Independent | September 2023
Nebraska Teen, Mother Imprisoned for Abortion is Just a Taste of Post-Roe America | The Real News Network | August 2023
Guest opinion: Alabama leads the country in criminalizing pregnant women. It doesn’t have to. | AL.com | August 2023
Mother Charged With Murder Over Home Birth Will Face Trial | Jezebel | July 2023
How One Alabama County Declared War on Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs | The Marshall Project | July 2023
How four states – including Oklahoma – use fetal personhood to punish pregnant women | The Frontier | July 2023
19-Year-Old Girl Sent to Jail for Self-Managed Abortion in Nebraska | Truthout | July 2023
Guest opinion: Eating breakfast shouldn’t lead to a child abuse complaint. But it just might if you’re pregnant. | NJ.com | July 2023
Prosecutors Want You to Judge the Nebraska Teen Who Took Abortion Pills | Jezebel | July 2023
Mother Charged With Murder After Home Birth in California Is ‘Harbinger’ of Post-Roe Reality | Jezebel | July 2023
Nebraska Mom Helped Her Daughter Get an Abortion. Now Her Daughter Has Been Sentenced to Jail. | Mother Jones | July 2023
Meet the Woman Helping Pregnant People Fight Hellish Legal Battles Post-Roe | Jezebel | July 2023
A Year After Roe’s Fall, Fears of US Abortion Bans Become reality | The Guardian | June 2023
After Roe: Navigating the Legal Landscape of New Abortion Laws | CNN | June 2023
In Texas, A Rare Program Offers Hope for Some of the Most Vulnerable Women and Babies | NPR | June 2023
When Pregnancy Is the Crime: An Exit Interview With Lynn Paltrow | New York Magazine | June 2023
The Horrifying Phenomenon of Hospitals Detaining Pregnant People | Jezebel | May 2023
A Pioneer in the Fight for Pregnancy Justice: The Ms. Q&A With Lynn Paltrow | Ms. Magazine | May 2023
GOP Bill Could Hit Women Who Miscarry With Murder Charges, Advocates Say | Rolling Stone | May 2023
Can a fetus be an employee? States are testing the boundaries of personhood after Dobbs | CBS News/KFF Health News | May 2023
Missouri judge rules that unborn fetus is not an employee, allows wrongful death suit | New York Post | May 2023
How Digital Trails And Digitized Data Complicate The Surveillance And Criminalization Of Abortion Care | Equity Forward | May 2023
DeSoto, Texas parents’ baby returned by CPS in jaundice dispute | The Black Chronicle | April 2023
DeSoto newborn returned to parents after 3 weeks in foster system | Dallas Morning News | April 2023
Texas newborn is headed home after custody fight involving race, midwifery and the child welfare system | The 19th | April 2023
Baby Mila, Texas Newborn Seized After Parents Used Midwife, Is on Her Way Home | Jezebel | April 2023
CPS returns baby girl to North Texas parents after dispute over jaundice treatment | WFAA TV | April 2023
Laws Should Not Be Used to Harass Pregnant Women | Tennessee Tribune | April 2023
In Ruling to Ban Abortion Pills, Federal Judge Claims ‘Fetus’ Is an Unscientific Term | Jezebel | April 2023
She lost her child in a home birth. Prosecutors charged her with murder | The Guardian | March 2023
Pregnant women ate poppy seed bagels, then tested positive for drugs | New York Post | March 2023
False Drug Positives Denied New NJ Moms Custody: Lawsuits | Patch | March 2023
Abortion foes twist criminal laws in push for fetal personhood | The Boston Globe | March 2023
5 States Are Considering Bills That Would Classify Abortion as Homicide | Jezebel | March 2023
Republicans push wave of bills that would bring homicide charges for abortion | The Guardian | March 2023
This International Women’s Day, U.S. anti-abortion laws violate human rights, groups say | New Jersey Monitor | March 2023
Woman arrested in South Carolina for allegedly taking abortion pills in 2021 | Salon | March 2023
Human rights groups press UN to get involved in American battle to save abortion rights: report | Alternet | March 2023
Woman Arrested in South Carolina for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills in 2021 | Truthout | March 2023
South Carolina woman arrested for allegedly using pills to end pregnancy | The Guardian | March 2023
UN urged to intervene over destruction of US abortion rights | The Guardian | March 2023
U.S. Abortion Bans Are A ‘Human Rights Crisis’ That Violate International Law, Groups Tell UN | Forbes | March 2023
South Carolina Woman Arrested for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills | Jezebel | March 2023
Florida court denies habeas corpus petition for fetus of jailed woman | The Guardian | February 2023
Alabama advocates urge treatment over punishment for pregnant women jailed for substance use | Baton Rouge Public Radio | February 2023
Pentagon warns US military members to avoid poppy seeds, citing impacts on drug tests | Fox 5 | February 2023
Lawyer argues fetus of jailed pregnant woman is being illegally detained | The Guardian | February 2023
In Texas, where abortion is already a crime, more roadblocks to access could be coming | CBC | February 2023
Doctors and Nurses Shouldn’t Be Able to Report Your Pregnancy Loss to the Police | Jezebel | February 2023
Abortion Is a Matter of Economic Justice, Not Just Personal Choice | Jacobin | January 2023
Oklahoma Republicans Propose Making Fathers Pay ‘Prenatal Child Support’ | Jezebel | January 2023
50 Years After Roe v. Wade, ‘Fetal Personhood’ Laws Are Dangerously Looming | Jezebel | January 2023
In a post-Dobbs world, pathologists who study pregnancy loss walk a thin line between medicine and the law | Stat News | January 2023
Alabama’s attorney general threatened to prosecute people seeking abortion pills. A day later, he walked it back. | Insider | January 2023
The anti-abortion movement just had a mask-off moment in Alabama | The Guardian | January 2023
Alabama Just Said It Will Use Drug Laws to Prosecute Women for Taking Abortion Pills | Law and Crime | January 2023
Alabama attorney general says people who take abortion pills could be prosecuted | CNN | January 2023
Anna Kendrick Made Embryos With a ‘Toxic’ Ex—A More Complicated Situation, Post-Roe | Jezebel | January 2023
Talk of prosecuting women for abortion pills roils antiabortion movement | The Washington Post | January 2023
Georgia’s tax exemption for fetuses comes with a host of questions | Yahoo News | January 2023
Pregnant woman who used medicinal cannabis doesn’t belong on child-abuse registry, Supreme Court says | AZ Central. | January 2023
An Ugly Enforcement: Wisconsin’s Fetal Protection Law Allows Detention of Pregnant Women for Alcohol Use | Milwaukee Independent | January 2023
Women can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills, says Alabama attorney general | AL.com | January 2023
Debate over New York Chief Judge continues | Erie News Now | January 2023
New York leaders, politicians rally in Albany against LaSalle nomination for Chief Judge position | amNY | January 2023

2022

Our Collective Feminist Wishlist for 2023 | Ms. Magazine | December 2022
‘Pro-Life’ Senators Block Bill to Protect IVF | Jezebel | December 2022
Anti-Abortion Republicans Block Bill To Give Pregnant Workers Basic Accommodations | Huffington Post | December 2022
Free Vapes for Pregnant People Who Smoke | Filter | December 2022
Alabama case over mistaken pregnancy highlights risks in a post-Roe world | Reuters | December 2022
Policing pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘fetal protection’ law, one of the nation’s most punitive, forces women into treatment or jail | Wisconsin Watch | December 2022
Commentary: Republicans and billionaires are selling Americans a deadly caricature of “freedom” | Salon | November 2022
Alabama woman jailed for using drugs during pregnancy wasn’t pregnant, lawsuit says | AL.com | November 2022
Alabama Woman Jailed for Using Drugs During Pregnancy Wasn’t Even Pregnant | Jezebel | November 2022
Opinion: Don’t Report Your Abortion Patients to Law Enforcement | Medpage Today | November 2022
To protect her twin baby, Texas woman was forced to seek abortion care out of state | Houston Public Media | November 2022
Georgia’s Attorney General Race Could Decide If Pregnant People End up in Prison | Jezebel | October 2022
Georgia Says A Fetus Is A Person. The Implications Are Terrifying. | HuffPost | October 2022
Risking Everything to Offer Abortions Across State Lines | The New York Times | October 2022
Prosecuting pregnancy loss: Why advocates fear a post-Roe surge of charges | ABC News | September 2022
Update: Five of The Pregnant and Postpartum Women Jailed in Alabama Have Been Released | The Root | September 2022
Alabama county ends practice of keeping pregnant women in jail awaiting rehab beds | AL.com | September 2022
Cruel marijuana laws are turning pregnancy into a crime | Leafly | September 2022
Pregnant Women in Alabama Are Being Jailed For Smoking Pot | High Times | September 2022
Opinion: Is a fetus a ‘person’? A fringe idea could be the next post-Roe v. Wade chapter | Miami Herald | September 2022
She Wanted An Abortion. Now The Embryo Is Suing Her Doctors | Rolling Stone | September 2022
Criminalized for Being Pregnant | The Nation | September 2022
Lawmakers reject bill to criminalize drug use while pregnant | WyomingNews.com | September 2022
Oklahoma is prosecuting pregnant women for using medical marijuana | The Frontier | September 2022
National organization raising money for pregnant women and new moms held in Alabama jail | AL.com | September 2022
They Lost Their Pregnancies. Then Prosecutors Sent Them to Prison | The Marshall Project, AL.com, The Frontier, The Washington Post | September 2022
Is a Fetus a Person? The Next Big Abortion Fight Centers on Fetal Rights | The Washington Post | September 2022
So-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ are surveilling clients and may help criminalize them, reproductive advocates say | Prism | August 2022
A dying woman’s forced C-section launched a fight over fetal rights | The Washington Post | August 2022
Some Women ‘Self-Manage’ Abortions as Access Recedes | The New York Times | August 2022
A Mother, a Daughter and an Unusual Abortion Prosecution in Nebraska | The New York Times | August 2022
Teen and mother face charges in abortion-related case that involved their Facebook messages | CNN Live | August 2022
Pregnancy outcomes may be increasingly scrutinized by law enforcement | NPR | July 2022
The War on Drugs Has a Warning for Post-Roe America | The New York Times | July 2022
Lawyers Preparing For Abortion Prosecutions Warn About Health Care, Data Privacy | The Texas Tribune | July 2022
Texas laws say treatments for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies remain legal but leave lots of space for confusion | The Texas Tribune | July 2022
Post-Roe America Will Lead to Increased Criminalization of Pregnant Women. Here’s How to Protect Them | Ms. | July 2022
More Pregnancy Outcomes Could Be Criminalized in a Post-Roe World | NowThis News | July 2022
Pregnant woman’s HOV ticket protest highlights legal challenges post-Roe | Good Morning America | July 2022
Why Progressive Prosecutors Won’t Save Us in a Post-Roe World | Mother Jones | July 2022
Privacy concerns go beyond period tracking apps in a ‘reproductive police state’ | Prism | July 2022
Texas Woman Challenges Traffic Ticket by Saying Her Unborn Fetus Counts as Passenger Post-Roe | Jezebel | July 2022
HR Departments Are Scrambling Over Abortion Travel Policies | Intelligencer | July 2022
Attorneys, physicians scramble to make sense of abortion ban | WyoFile | July 2022
Biden Delivers Rousing Speech on Abortion, But His Executive Order Is Lackluster | Jezebel | July 2022
A false positive on a drug test upended these mothers’ lives | The Washington Post | July 2022
The nightmarish reality of the GOP’s hope for a total abortion ban | MSNBC.com | July 2022
Pregnancy criminalization | MSNBC’s “The Cross Connection” | July 2022
The Coming Rise of Abortion as a Crime | The Atlantic | July 2022
Losing a pregnancy could land you in jail in post-Roe America | NPR | July 2022
With Roe overturned, experts say more women of color could be investigated for miscarriages. | Insider | July 2022
We’re Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe. We’re Going Somewhere Worse | The New Yorker | July 2022
Miscarriages are already criminalized. Pregnancy rights advocates fear it could get worse | 11Alive Atlanta | June 2022
The biggest privacy risks in post-Roe America | The Verge | June 2022
Without Roe V. Wade, Pregnant Women May Face Arrest For All Kinds Of Behaviors | Huffpost | June 2022
She was jailed for losing a pregnancy. Her nightmare could become more common | The Guardian | June 2022
In Dozens Of Cases, Courts Punish Men for Failing to Control Pregnant People’s Actions | Jezebel | June 2022
Season 6, Episode 8: Lynn Paltrow | Stories of Unconcious Bias podcast | May 2022
If Abortion Is Illegal, Will Every Miscarriage Be a Potential Crime? | Mother Jones | May 2022
More States Shield Against Rogue Abortion Prosecutions | Pew Charitable Trust | May 2022
Why So-Called Personhood Laws Are the Next Big Threat After ‘Roe’ Falls | Rewire News | May 2022
Adora Perez’s Murder Charge Over Stillborn Baby Dropped By Prosecutors | Newsweek | May 2022
The Growing Criminalization of Pregnancy | New Republic | May 2022
Black women in the South have been bracing for Roe’s fall for decades | NBC News | May 2022
How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Help Anti-Abortion Legislatures | Jezebel | May 2022
Leaked Court Opinion Sparks Concerns About Abortion Prosecutions | NBC News 4 D.C. | May 2022
Woman Charged With Murder for ‘Self-Induced Abortion’ Won’t Be the Last | Vice | April 2022
Texas DA drops murder charge against woman accused of self-induced abortion after reading actual law | Salon | April 2022
How Not to Get Arrested for Miscarriage or Abortion: A Practical Guide | Jezebel | April 2022
The Long, Scary History of Doctors Reporting Pregnant People to the Cops | Mother Jones | April 2022
Woman faces Texas murder charge after self-induced abortion | The Associated Press | April 2022
Lizelle Herera Abortion-Murder Charge ‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ Warns Nonprofit | Newsweek | April 2022
After pursuing an indictment, Starr County district attorney drops murder charge over self-induced abortion | Texas Tribune | April 2022
Murder charges dropped against Texas woman for ‘self-induced abortion’ | The Guardian | April 2022
DA moves to dismiss a murder charge against a Texas woman accused of a self-induced abortion | Texas Public Radio | April 2022
Kim Blalock Took Lawfully Prescribed Pain Killers During Pregnancy—And Was Charged With A Felony | Elle | April 2022
Arizona Mother Accused of Child Neglect for Medical Use of Marijuana During Pregnancy Wins Appeal | Ms. Magazine | April 2022
Alabama Senate debating banning pregnant women from buying medical marijuana | Alabama Public Radio | April 2022
Alabama Wants to Force Women to Show a Negative Pregnancy Test to Access Medical Marijuana | Jezebel | April 2022
Mother Accused of Child Neglect for Pot Use While Pregnant Wins Appeal | Phoenix New Times | April 2022
Alabama medical marijuana bill requiring negative pregnancy test ‘clearly unconstitutional,’ opponents say | AL.com | March 2022
Louisville judge erred in granting custody of fetus to its mother, appeals court rule | Courier Journal | March 2022
Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Stillbirth Had Her Conviction Overturned | Jezebel | March 2022
Alabama Bill Would Force Women Who Want Medical Marijuana To Show Negative Pregnancy Tests | Marijuana Moment | March 2022
This is The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Next Big Move | Rewire News Group | March 2022
California judge overturns 11-year prison term for woman whose baby was stillborn | LA Times | March 2022
Meth, a mother, and a stillbirth: Imprisoned mom wants her ‘manslaughter’ case reopened | Cal Matters | February 2022
Charges against Lauderdale County woman who filled opioid prescription while pregnant dropped | WAAY-TV Alabama | Februrary 2022
Charge dropped against Alabama woman who renewed pain pill prescription while pregnant | AL.com | February 2022
Anti-abortion movement’s big plan | Salon | February 2022
Eating Poppy Seed Cake Got This Pregnant Woman Reported to Child Services | Rewire News | February 2022
Woman alleges Hoffman Estates hospital tested her for drugs without her consent before she gave birth, notified DCFS when she got a false positive | The Chicago Tribune | February 2022
Under looming threat of criminalization, one new program seeks to help Oklahoma mothers with substance use disorders | KGOU | January 2022
Doctors say methamphetamine use does not cause miscarriages | KGOU | January 2022
Eggs Are Not People. But the Anti-Abortion Movement Wants to Change That. | Rewire News | January 2022
She was charged with manslaughter after a miscarriage. | The Frontier | January 2022
California AG: Don’t file murder charges in stillbirths | The Washington Post | January 2022
CA AG reinforces pregnant women can’t be charged with murder for pregnancy loss | Fresno Bee | January 2022
California to Stop Prosecuting People for Pregnancy Loss | Jezebel | January 2022
California said it would be a ‘sanctuary’ for reproductive rights. It just took a big first step. | The Lily | January 2022

Pregnancy Justice Authored

The Threat of Murder Charges for Abortion Already Exists | Dana Sussman | Jurist | May 2022
A World Without Roe | Purvaja Kavattur | Inquest | March 2022

2021

More than 30 Oklahoma doctors call for end to criminalization of drug use during pregnancy | KFOR | December 2021
Digital surveillance presents new threats to reproductive freedoms | Washington Post | December 2021
Is it Legal to Order Abortion Pills Online? | Ms. Magazine| December 2021
Hospital reports new moms over drug tests tripped by poppy seeds: lawsuit | New York Post| December 2021
Moms drug tested while giving birth falsely test positive because they ate poppy seeds | Pix 11 | December 2021
Lynn Paltrow featured on The Takeaway with Melissa Harris-Parry: “Deep Dive, Childbirth” |WNYC| December 2021
What Amy Coney Barret’s Roe v. Wade Remarks Got Wrong About Adoption |Newsweek| December 2021
How an Oklahoma women’s miscarriage put a spotlight on racial disparities in prosecutions | NBC News | November 2021
Why We Can’t Look Away from Brittney Poolaw’s Case | Bustle | November 2021
Pregnant woman shouldn’t be prosecuted for refilling pain pills, says Republican Alabama lawmaker | AL.com | November 2021
‘Her Heart Was Beating Too’: The Women Who Died After Abortion Bans |The New York Times | November 2021
Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Lead to More Women Being Jailed for Miscarriages |Newsweek| November 2021
When a Miscarriage is Manslaughter | The New York Times | October 2021
When a Miscarriage Becomes a Jail Sentence | Rewire News | October 2021
Advocates say an Oklahoma woman’s manslaughter conviction due to her miscarriage is ‘shameful’ | Public Radio Tulsa | October 2021
An Injustice of Miscarriage in Oklahoma Lands a Woman In Prison | The Los Angeles Times | October 2021
Outcry Over Woman Found Guilty of Manslaughter After Suffering Miscarriage | Newsweek | October 2021
Criminal convictions for abortion, miscarriage? Texas abortion ban previews life without Roe v. Wade | The 19th | September 2021
A mom was charged with child neglect for using medical marijuana while pregnant. The Arizona case could set a precedent. | The Lily News | September 2021
Self-Managed Abortions Could Be Legally Riskier After Texas’s Six-Week Law, Advocates Say. | Buzzfeed News | September 2021
She Used Drugs While Pregnant. Should She Be In Jail? | The Cut | September 2021
Pregnant, Addicted, and Prosecuted | Jezebel | September 2021
Pregnancy loss is common and traumatic. New legislation says employees need time off to heal. | USA Today | August 2021
A New Bill Would Provide Time Off After a Miscarriage: ‘We’re Not Just Workers’ | NBC LX | August 2021
“American Idol” Star Syesha Mercado’s Baby Has Been Taken By Authorities, Sparking Outcry | BuzzFeed News| August 2021
Advocates Challenge Arizona Court Ruling Medical Use of Marijuana During Pregnancy is Child Neglect | Ms. Magazine | August 2021
Many people suffer pregnancy loss, then immediately get back to work. A new bill wants to change that. | The Lily | July 2021
Phoenix Woman Who Used Marijuana During Her Pregnancy Appeals Child Endangerment Case | Phoenix New Times | July 2021
Arizona Blacklisted Mom for Using Legal Medical Marijuana While Pregnant | The Daily Beast | July 2021
Prescription fraud shouldn’t apply to pregnant Alabama woman who refilled prescription, lawyers say | AL.com | July 2021
I’m pregnant, and I want to use CBD to ease my stress and discomfort. Is it safe? | Insider | June 2021
Alabama mom faces felony for filling doctor’s prescription while pregnant | Advance Local | June 2021
Alabama Would Like to Make It Possible to Prosecute Pregnant People for Taking Legal Prescriptions | Jezebel | June 2021
Mom Faces Felony Charges For Taking a Drug Prescribed by Her Doctor While Pregnant | Reason | June 2021
Judge dismisses murder charge against Central Valley woman whose baby was stillborn | LA Times | May 2021
Judge drops murder charge in stillbirth | The Washington Post | 2021
Central Valley Judge Drops Murder Charge Over Drug-Related Stillbirth | CBS Bay Area | May 2021
California judge drops murder charge in stillbirth delivery | AP News | May 2021
Judge drops murder charge against California woman who used meth before stillbirth delivery | East Bay Times | May 2021
Judge Dismisses Murder Charge Against California Mother After Stillbirth | The New York Times | May 2021
Murder charges dismissed against Central Valley woman in connection to pregnancy loss | Fresno Bee | May 2021
Judge Throws out case of woman accused of killing her unborn baby with meth | WhatsNew2Day | May 2021
Judge dismisses murder charge against woman whose fetus was stillborn after she used meth | May 2021
How About We Don’t Charge Women Who Have Stillbirths With Murder? | Wonkette | May 2021
Lynn Paltrow on the Prosecution of Pregnancy | Lilith | March 2021
Bail granted for woman who used meth before stillbirth | AP News | March 2021
News 12 Bronx — New Zealand Legistation for leave after miscarriage | News 12 Bronx | March 2021
‘Only in the Central Valley.’ Women charged with murder in connection to pregnancy loss | Fresno Bee | March 2021
Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women’s Rights Groups | Melody Heald | Bust | 2021
MURDER CHARGES AFTER A STILL BIRTH: A FIGHT ON BEHALF OF WOMEN | Blog Talk Radio | February 2021
“Pregnant People of Color are Bearing the Brunt of the War on Drugs”| The Progressive | Jan 2021

Pregnancy Justice Authored

Constitutional Rights for the “Unborn” Would Force Women to Forfeit Theirs | Lynn Paltrow | Ms. Magazine Online | April 2021
Why I Refuse to Feel Hopeless About the Texas Abortion Case | Lynn Paltrow | Ms. Magazine Online | September 2021

2020

How to Give Yourself an Abortion | Jewish Currents | Jan 2020
NCJW/Essex Holding Lunch & Learn ‘Roe 2.0: The New Era of Reproductive Rights’ | TAP Into | Jan 2020
Trump Admin: Pregnant Travelers Could Threaten U.S. Security | Daily Beast | Jan 2020
Media, Politicians Are Breeding Birth Tourism Myths | Immigration Reform | Jan 2020
New Trump Rule Imposes Visa Rules for Pregnant Women | Nature World News | Jan 2020
Obstetric violence is a real problem. Evelyn Yang’s experience is just one example | The Washington Post | Feb 2020
North Carolina Wants to Penalize Prenatal Substance Exposure | Talk Poverty | Feb 2020
How an online search for abortion pills landed this woman in jail | Fast Company | Mar 2020
How an online search for abortion pills landed this woman in jail | TheNewsTrace | Mar 2020
Athena Film Festival highlights stories of unseen women across the world | Columbia Spectator| Mar 2020
Supporters call Penn Yan midwife case a travesty, modern day witch-hunt | Finger Lakes 1 | Mar 2020
Yates midwife, advocates talk | Finger Lakes Time | Mar 2020
10 ways to honor the work of motherhood during Women’s History Month | The Washington Post | Mar 2020
‘They Separated Me From My Baby’ Hospitals are keeping newborns from their parents over coronavirus fears. | The Cut | Apr 2020
Community-Based Doulas and Midwives | Center for American Progress | Apr 2020
The Coronavirus Crisis Confirms That the U.S. Health Care System Fails Women | Center for American Progress | Apr 2020
Imprisonment of the Pregnant Body: Jo Ardinger’s Personhood | Brooklyn Rail | May 2020
Repro Legal Helpline Relaunches to Better Respond to Increased Calls on Self-Managed Abortions | Ms. Magazine | May 2020
The legacy of the ‘crack baby’ myth continues to criminalize pregnant people | Prism | May 2020
Using Cannabis While Pregnant Does Not Impair Children’s Cognition, Decades of Studies Suggest | Forbes | May 2020
Study Suggests Cannabis Usage During Pregnancy Does Not Impair Fetal Development | Baby Gaga | Jun 2020
Rising Voices for ‘Family Power’ Seek to Abolish The Child Welfare System | The Chronicle of Social Change | Jul 2020
Drug users delivering stillbirths could face murder rap if this California case advances | Los Angeles Times | Aug 2020
In ‘Personhood,’ Seattle filmmakers document the human cost of giving legal rights to embryos | The Seattle Times | Aug 2020
Why the 2020 Census may be headed toward a serious undercount; Remembering homelessness advocate Mike Lee; a Central CA woman is charged with murder for a stillbirth | KPFA 94.1 (California) | Aug 2020
Attorney general denounces murder charge over stillborn baby | Los Angeles Times | August 2020
She Was Charged With Murder After Her Baby Was Stillborn. Now California’s AG Has Stepped In. | The Daily Beast | Aug 2020
California district attorney throws his support behind mother charged with murder after her baby was stillborn with high levels of meth | The Daily Mail | Aug 2020
Policing and Punishing Pregnant Women: The Case of Chelsea Becker | Ms. Magazine | Aug 2020
California’s Attorney General Condemns Murder Charges Over a Stillbirth | The New York Times | Aug 2020
AG Sides With Defendant on Stillbirth Murder Charge | Newser | Aug 2020
Vermont Conversation: The implications of a conservative Supreme Court | Vermont Conversation | October 2020
“Criminalizing a Constitutional Right” | The New York Review of Books | November 2020
“With a woman in prison for a stillbirth, California’s murder law is tested” | The Los Angeles Times | November 2020
“California attorney general says nine-months pregnant woman should NOT be charged with murder for causing the death of her unborn child after she smoked meth days before delivery | Daily Mail | November 2020
“Policing Pregnancy” | Reveal | December 2020
“Attorney General Becerra asks CA Supreme Court to intervene over criminal charges for pregnancy loss” | KFPA | December 2020

Pregnancy Justice Authored

June v. Gee: When the Issue Involves Pregnancy and Abortion Inconsistency Should Come as No Surprise | Lynn M. Paltrow | Feb 2020