A new report reveals a record high number of pregnant women facing criminal charges for conduct during pregnancy following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
This is an adapted excerpt from the Oct. 12 episode of 'Velshi.' Abortion is health care. It’s a procedure that is used safely and routinely in both emergency and nonemergency situations to preserve the health, lives and livelihoods of women. And since the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, we’ve seen the dangerous and deadly impacts of banning abortion.
The others involved statutes related to child abuse, neglect or endangerment, which treat an embryo or fetus as a person with legal rights that compete with those of the pregnant person. The report notes that prosecutors often don’t need to prove that any actual harm occurred to the fetus, they merely have to demonstrate that a pregnant woman posed some “risk” to her pregnancy. That includes the case of Amari Marsh, a 23-year-old South Carolina woman who miscarried in June 2023.
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