"Pregnant Women Charged Post-Dobbs"

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200+ women faced criminal charges over pregnancy in year after Dobbs, report finds • Missouri Independent

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Researchers documented 210 cases of women being charged for pregnancy-related conduct in 12 states from June 24, 2022 , to June 23, 2023 .

Six states — Alabama , Mississippi , Ohio , Oklahoma , South Carolina and Texas — accounted for majority of cases documented.

Majority of charges alleged substance use during pregnancy; in two-thirds of cases, it was only allegation made against defendant.

Alabama has a constitutional amendment that explicitly confers personhood on fetuses and affirms the state’s responsibility to protect “the rights of unborn children” The state accounts for nearly half of the prosecutions documented in the report.

The chemical endangerment law, which the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in 2013 can include fetuses, has popped up in several counties.

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