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Alabama Supreme Court Rules That Women Can Be Charged With Chemical Endangerment if They Become Pregnant and Use a Controlled Substance
Guest Post: Your Epidural is Against the Law: What Alabama Women and Doctors Need to Know
By Dr. Pippa Abston, cross-posted with permission.
We have one more day of Alabama’s 2013 legislative session, when it is still possible to ward off the ghastly specter of Foreign Law from being forced upon us.
Press Statement: Pregnancy Justice’s Lynn Paltrow on Alabama Supreme Court’s Decision in “Personhood” Measure in Disguise Case
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Pregnancy Justice’s Lynn Paltrow on Alabama Supreme Court’s Decision in “Personhood” Measure in Disguise Case
New York, NY – In response to the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision in Ex Parte Ankrom and Kimbrough yesterday, Pregnancy Justice released the following statement from founder and executive director Lynn Paltrow:
“This decision is judicial activism at its most dangerous.
Fighting Personhood Measures — In Disguise
December 02, 2011
We are still celebrating the fact that Mississippians soundly rejected the so-called “personhood” measure that would have given fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses separate legal rights. We know that when people understand that fetal separatist measures hurt all pregnant women, they mobilize.