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Mon Jul 4, 2022, 07:18 AM Jul 2022

A false positive on a drug test upended these mothers' lives

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the right to an abortion, reproductive health advocates say they are worried policymakers and law enforcement will take more steps to criminalize pregnancy outcomes — arresting women for miscarriages and suspected attempts to abort their pregnancies. This phenomenon isn’t new, advocates say.

“Even with Roe on the books, there has been a prosecution of pregnancy outcomes,” said Emma Roth, an attorney with the National Advocates for Pregnant Women.

From Texas to California, women have faced murder charges for stillbirths and “self-induced abortion.” NAPW has tracked more than 1,700 cases between 1973 and 2020 in which being pregnant contributed to an arrest or detention, and some legal experts warn this could become more frequent in a post-Roe world. In many of these cases, Roth said, a medical provider called the police.

With Roe gone, women could lose more than abortion rights

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/07/02/false-positive-drug-test-mothers/

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