“The United States is in the midst of a completely avoidable human rights crisis,” the report states.
from legal reproductive justice group If/When/How found that between 2000 and 2020, 61 people, including seven minors, were criminally investigated or arrested for allegedly ending their own pregnancies or helping someone else to do so.During the period of this research, abortion was still constitutionally protected undere and medication abortion was available for people to safely and effectively end a pregnancy.
Once police were contacted regarding an adult who allegedly self-managed an abortion, 87 percent of cases led to an arrest. The report found that police were most often contacted by trusted individuals, such as health care providers, social workers, or acquaintances, despite no laws requiring care providers to contact police about a self-managed abortion.
The report emphasized that once a person is entangled in the criminal legal system, there are often drastic consequences and lasting harm. Even if a case concludes before an arrest is made or a person accepts a plea deal, they still can face threats to their health, stigma and isolation in their communities, financial precarity, unwanted media attention, and future surveillance.
People who were criminalized for self-managing abortions often faced involvement from other state agencies, such as immigration or family regulation systems, which could lead to detainment, deportation, or loss of parental custody.
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