Steep rise in criminalizing pregnant people during Roe era, new data shows


Law enforcement carried out nearly 1,400 arrests of people for allegedly endangering “unborn life” between 2006 and the fall of Roe v Wade in 2022, according to a new report released Tuesday, which found a sharp rise in how often people face criminal consequences over pregnancy.
The report is the only comprehensive accounting of how law enforcement criminalized pregnant…
This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2023-09-19.