“The findings in this report are a call to action,” one reproductive justice activist said.
Black people were disproportionately represented in pregnancy criminalization, making up 18.2 percent of arrests due to pregnancy criminalization from January 2006 to June 2022. Low-income people made up nearly 85 percent of pregnancy criminalization cases and were deemed legally indigent by the courts, meaning they were unable to afford an attorney.
Almost 80 percent of all pregnancy-related arrests occurred in just five southern states , with Alabama leading the charge in pregnancy-related criminalization.
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