A study has found that the number of women charged with crimes related to their pregnancies jumped in the year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for abortion bans across the country.
Read full article: San Antonio Food Bank offers free pet food for families in need on Pet Hunger Awareness DayHispanic Heritage Month: Colombian migrants bring new flavor to Alamo CityFILE - The exterior of the Alabama Supreme Court building in Montgomery, Ala., is shown Feb. 20, 2024. It became more common for authorities to charge women with crimes related to their pregnancies after the fall of Roe v.
The researchers caution that the tally of cases from June 24, 2022, through June 23, 2023, is an undercount, as were earlier versions. As a result, they can't be positive there wasn't a stretch between 1973 and 2022 with as many cases as after the Dobbs ruling. During the earlier period, they found more than 1,800 cases — peaking at about 160 in 2015 and 2017.
States with abortion bans — including 14 that bar it at all stages of pregnancy and four, such as Georgia, where it's illegal after about the first six weeks — have exceptions for women who self-manage abortions. But Bach said that people seeking abortion have been charged with other crimes.
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