Pregnancy Justice and Allies File Brief to Maryland Court Against Using Decisions During Pregnancy to Prosecute

Pregnancy Justice submitted a “friend of the court” brief to the Maryland Supreme Court, alongside briefs submitted by the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, the ACLU of Maryland, the ACLU Abortion Criminal Defense Initiative, and If/When/How. Pregnancy Justice argued that the “State’s use of a pregnant woman’s decisions made during pregnancy to prosecute her for the murder of her newborn child is a violation of Maryland law banning the assignment of rights to fetuses” and was irrelevant evidence in establishing murderous intent. The court agreed, stating “Maryland law recognizes the fundamental difference between a fetus and a baby and rejects the concept of fetal personhood.”