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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 2h

Laws that control pregnancy have dangerous consequences far beyond abortion access. Check out our "The Role of the Viability Line in Pregnancy Criminalization" report with @patientforward.bsky.social to learn more. www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/u...

The viability line allows:
- the government to police behavior and separate families.
- doctors to force medical treatments on pregnant people.
- hospitals to ignore a pregnant person’s end-of-life wishes.
- police to investigate ANY pregnancy outcome.
When the law treats a fetus as a person, the state can do anything to “protect” it.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📅 Don't forget to join us tomorrow at 3 pm ET! RSVP: pregnancyjusticeus-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... You'll learn where errors happen with drug testing pregnant people, how to evaluate and challenge evidence, and the harmful impact on mothers, babies, families, patient care, and public policy.

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Global Justice Center @globaljusticec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This week, an Indiana court is hearing a religious liberty case brought by a faith-based group that supports abortion rights. ⬇️ Today, we're launching a guide that can help others act on their conscience, religion, or beliefs to defend reproductive care. www.globaljusticecenter.net/leveraging-f...

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Join us on September 30 to celebrate 25 years of Pregnancy Justice and recognize Sara Solfanelli, a partner at McDermott Will & Schulte deeply dedicated to justice, and a counselor and supporter to us for over five years. Gala tickets and sponsorships are available now at pjgala2026.funraise.org!

Pregnancy Justice 25th Anniversary Gala - Fighting For Our Collective Future. Honoree post for Sara Solfanelli, Partner at McDermott Will & Schulte. Photo of Sara alongside quote: "Pregnancy Justice’s work is too important for scarce resources to be pulled away from the mission. I’m honored to work closely with leadership and the Board.”

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

All of us at Pregnancy Justice walk the path paved by Gloria Steinem. We owe her for relentlessly fighting to change the world for us and for nurturing the next generation of feminists. Here is our staff at her home in 2022, just one of many moments when she welcomed the next generation to join her❤️

Photo of Pregnancy Justice staff at Gloria's home in 2022 with text "Horing Gloria"

4 of Ms. Magazine’s Most Iconic Covers
- Ms. magazine, November 1974: “Do Women Make Men Violent?”
- Ms. magazine, November 1977: “Woody Allen: Schlemiel as Sex Maniac.”
- Ms. magazine, January 1981: “Offices of the Future—How to Control the New Technology Before It Controls You.”
- Ms. magazine, January/February 1992 by Barbara Kruger: “Anita Hill Speaks Out!”

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Down from Dover was kept off the radio because Dolly's record label saw single motherhood and stillbirth as too controversial at the time. She still released it on her album. The story is devastating and relatable, and we thank her for giving voice to women with similar experiences. 💖

Picture of Dolly Parton singing. Lyrics from Down from Dover:
My body aches the time is here
It's lonely in this place where I'm lying
Our baby has been born but something's wrong
It's much too still I hear no crying
I guess in some strange way she knew
She'd never have a father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me
He wasn't coming down from Dover

Picture of Dolly Parton singing.
“When I wrote [Down from Dover] - Lord, so many years ago, the mid-'60s, I guess - I knew a lot of young girls getting pregnant, and usually in the mountains people would pretty much turn you out: you were trash and a whore and your daddy and mama wouldn't let you come home, so you'd have to go to some home for unwed mothers or a relative would take you in. I'm touched by everything, and that used to bother me: how cruel and awful must that be, how lonely they must feel.“

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Join us for a book talk on how forensic evidence is used to criminalize pregnancy and motherhood. ➡️ Featuring “Pink Crime” author Valena Beety and a panel of experts. 📍 September 23 at Cardozo Law School - Moot Court Room. RSVP at: bit.ly/PinkCrimeTalk

How Pregnancy is Prosecuted: Forensics and the Making of Suspect Bodies - hear from author Valena Beety about her new book, Pink Crime, along with experts on the criminalization of pregnancy and gender. Cardozo Law School - Moot Courtroom - 55 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003September 23 - 6-8 pm
Panelists:
- Valena Beety, law professor and author of Pink Crime
- Sarah P. Chu, Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law
- Kulsoom Ijaz, Pregnancy Justice
- Moderated by Serena Martin, New Hour for Women and Children
RSVP: bit.ly/PinkCrimeTalk
Pink Crime Book Cover

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is how fetal personhood laws and abortion bans go hand in hand. They are used to arrest and punish pregnant people and take away bodily autonomy - whether they give birth, have an abortion, or lose their pregnancy.

North Carolina Teen Was Arrested for Allegedly Self-Managing an Abortion

Abortion bans have always been about criminalizing the pregnant person.

By Lauren Rankin, Truthout
Published August 11, 2026

Image of Mifepristone and Misoprostol tablets outside of box

The News & Observer reports that the young woman has been charged with “assault inflicting serious bodily injury on an unborn child, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.”

These are serious felonies with years, even decades, of possible prison time accompanying them. This young woman, who only just turned 18 in June, is facing long-term incarceration for allegedly purchasing and using medication abortion — mifepristone and misoprostol, two medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration — to terminate her own pregnancy.
But it’s not clear what the crime actually is.
“Fundamentally, self-managing an abortion is not a crime,” Dana Sussman, senior vice president at Pregnancy Justice, told Truthout. “North Carolina has rejected fetal personhood, which means that you cannot convert laws around children or other people to apply to embryos and fetuses … there is no basis in North Carolina law for these charges.”

In the first two years after Roe was overturned, Pregnancy Justice counted 412 pregnant people who have been charged with pregnancy-related crimes, despite abortion opponents’ insistence that they never intended, nor wanted, to see abortion patients prosecuted. The criminalization of pregnancy often relies on reinterpreting existing criminal statutes, including child abuse or drug endangerment, to penalize pregnant people for their pregnancy outcomes, even though these laws were originally written for entirely different purposes. In the case of the North Carolina teenager, “There is very clear language in the statutes that talks about harm to an ‘unborn child’; that is very specific about harm by an external actor to someone who is pregnant. That is not about a pregnant woman or pregnant person doing anything to their own body,” Sussman said.
This is how pregnant people end up dead — not from taking medication abortion or going to an abortion clinic, but from being too scared to access care when they need it.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Did you catch us on “Last Week Tonight @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver?” We worked with the team on their research into fetal personhood and so much of what we do: our cases, our analysis, and explaining the real threat to pregnant people. Help us push the message by sharing!

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s been a busy year! We analyzed over 730 bills from across the country to identify trends that could attack the rights of pregnant people and those that protect them. Read our 2025-2026 Legislative Sessions in Review⬇️ www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/u...

Report cover: Trends in Criminalization and Legal Rights of Pregnant People: 2025-2026 Legislative Sessions in Review. Published August 2026

Screenshot of page from report with headlines "Introduction and Bill Tracking Methodology" and "Noteworthy Trends: Dangerous and Harmful or Forward Moving and Helpful."

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Black August remembers key figures in the Black liberation movement. It’s a time of reflection and deep study of Black political thought from freedom fighters. Here are some books to add to your reading lists!

Graphic titled "Black August Reading List." Explaining that Black August celebrates and remembers those who have fought for Black liberation. The text states that it calls for the release of political prisoners and highlights the ongoing struggle for freedom and against state violence in prisons. A collage of Black activists and leaders is on the bottom of the slide

The graphic showcases three must read books, "We Are Our Own Liberators" by Jalil A. Muntaqim, "Are Prisoners Obsolete?" by Angela Davis, and "Break the System" by Susila Gurusami. The text explains that Black August began in California prisons in 1979 to honor imprisoned and fallen freedom fighters such as George and Jonathan Jackson. It describes how participants dedicated the month to studying Black history, political theory, limiting television & radio, fasting, and organizing educational workshops.

The graphic highlights six recommended books: "Assata: An Autobiography" by Assata Shakur, "Soledad Brother" by George Jackson, "Abolition. Feminism. Now." by Angela Davis et al., "Wake" by Rebecca Hall, "Abolition Geography" by Ruth Gilmore, and "Live from Death Row" by Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The graphic lists out the the full Black August reading list:
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie
We Are Our Own Liberators: Selected Prison Writings by Jalil A. Muntaqim
Are Prisons Obsolete? Angela Y. Davis
Break the System: Criminalized Black Mothers and the Reproductive Politics of Abolition by Susila Gurusami
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall
Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World by Dorothy Roberts
Live from Death Row: A Radio Reporter's Impassioned Writings on Injustice, Racism, and Prison Brutalities by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us for "From the Delivery Room to the Court Room: Evaluating and Challenging Drug Test Evidence in Pregnancy and Birth." Hear from experts as they examine how drug test evidence is used and how it can be challenged in court. September 15 | 3:00–4:30 p.m. ET RSVP: bit.ly/ChallengingD...

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Alexee needed medical care after experiencing a pregnancy loss. Instead, her life was left hanging in the balance as medical staff and police coldly accused her of being a murderer. This is a powerful win, not only for Alexee, but for anyone whose pregnancy loss is turned into a criminal event.

BREAKING:
The New Mexico Supreme Court rules that a bedside police interrogation after a pregnancy loss cannot be used as evidence.

In 2023, 19-year-old high school student Alexee Trevizo went to the ER with severe pain. She didn’t know she was pregnant.

Still, doctors waited 2 hours to address her life-threatening bleeding. They brought two police officers to her bedside to interrogate her. She was later arrested and charged with murder.

Screenshot of case brief.

In 2023, 19-year-old high school student Alexee Trevizo went to the ER with severe pain. She didn’t know she was pregnant.

Doctors gave her strong pain medication and a pregnancy test and left her alone for hours without answers. She experienced a stillbirth alone in the hospital bathroom.

Still, doctors waited 2 hours to address her life-threatening bleeding. They brought two police officers to her bedside to interrogate her. She was later arrested and charged with murder.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Join us on September 30 to celebrate 25 years of Pregnancy Justice and recognize Lauren Smith, an advocate and mother of three from South Carolina, who courageously fought her case for 6 years, refusing to back down. Gala tickets and sponsorships are available now at pjgala2026.funraise.org.

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 28/07/2026

Since Roe fell, advocates have rallied around telehealth abortion as a way to serve pregnant patients—especially in ban states. And in May, the fight to protect mailed abortion pills reached the Supreme Court. But telehealth is not a solution, this op-ed argues—it’s a bandaid.

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Is Telehealth a Real Solution to the Abortion Access Crisis? No, Says This Opinion.

Telehealth medication abortion is safe and effective, but not sufficient. Here's why reproductive justice demands more than abortion pills by mail.

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Reproductive Equity Now | Abortion Advocacy @reproequitynow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Everyone deserves access to reproductive health care without barriers.

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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

HUGE shoutout to the activists and abortion storytellers who are fiercely advocating to remove barriers to getting abortion care later in pregnancy in MA, incl. friends of the podcast Kate Dineen @reproequitynow.bsky.social, Jeanette Kincaid @dupontclinic.bsky.social, @patientforward.bsky.social! <3

Quote graphic featuring gold, yellow, and dark purple paper scrapbook elements in the background, as well as a sunflower, ladybug, and sparrow. The quote reads, in a typewriter-inspired typeface: “From my perspective as a later abortion patient who was forced to travel, I think that we in Massachusetts have a real moral imperative right now to expand access to abortion care throughout pregnancy...and really commit to being a bastion for reproductive justice.” The quote is attributed to Kate Dineen, abortion later in pregnancy patient & advocate & Board Member of Reproductive Equity Now

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 27/07/2026

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It requires we, the people, to act. Join us in 100 Days of Action leading up to Election Day 2026, where we aim to reach people where they are: in communities and online, to take steps to strengthen our democracy.

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ANSIRH @ansirh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 27/07/2026

What do Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Mary Davidson have in common? They were all pioneering civil rights figures—and they were all disabled. We’re resurfacing @vilissathompson.bsky.social's 2018 story for Disability Pride Month. rewirenews.link/4gfeIRD

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The Overlooked History of Black Disabled People – Rewire News Group

Black disability history matters because without us putting our voices and very bodies on the line, the political and societal strides many of us take for grant

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Ipas @ipas.org · 27/07/2026

Reproductive health care should be there when a person needs it. But for many people with disabilities, barriers to accessibility can put care out of reach before an appointment even begins. See how Ipas is putting disability justice into action: buff.ly/BCYasJG

More than one in five women globally has a disability. Yet across the world, people with disabilities are routinely denied access to health care, with devastating consequences for their autonomy and well-being.

(Source: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/12/the-empowerment-of-women-and-girls-with-disabilities)

Disability justice isn’t just about making accommodations so people with disabilities can access spaces or information. It’s an invitation to radically rethink systems.

At Ipas, inclusion is not a checkbox. It’s a transformation.
That’s why we are:
• Co-creating programs with organizations of persons with disabilities
• Making our training tools and digital resources accessible
• Auditing our internal systems through a gender equality and social inclusion lens

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Reproductive Freedom Caucus @reprocaucus.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🚨BREAKING: 150+ House & Senate Dems introduce Right to IVF Act. Every person deserves the freedom to build their family on their terms. For millions of Americans, IVF is the path to parenthood, and RFC and our Members are pushing to protect your access to the fertility care you need.

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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 21/07/2026

Today is #BlackWomensEqualPay Day, and our message is clear: PAY BLACK WOMEN. Black women working full-time, year-round are paid only 65 cents for every dollar white men are paid & face a wage gap in basically every occupation. That gap costs them more than a million dollars throughout their lives.

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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 16/07/2026

Medication abortion is popular and the anti-abortion movement can’t stand it. The only takeaway from this hearing is that they’ll STOP AT NOTHING to try and ban abortion nationwide—even pressuring the Trump admin to misuse Victorian-era laws to do it.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The mothers of Black newborns are reported to police for alleged substance use during pregnancy around 2.5 times more often than those of white babies. No one should be unnecessarily investigated, punished, and separated from their newborns by the family policing system.

The Marshall Project feature story: Moms of Black Babies More Likely to Be Flagged to Police Over Alleged Pregnancy Drug Use By Jill Castellano and Shoshana Walter

Child welfare referred Black parents to law enforcement 14,000 times in 7 years, despite no findings of abuse or neglect.

Photo of Melissa Robinson holding her daughter Lyriq in Huntsville, Alabama, in 2024.

The Marshall Project story headline: New Jersey Adopts Major Reforms Around Hospital Drug Testing of Pregnant Patients By Shoshana Walter and Jill Castellano

Following Marshall Project reporting, the state now requires hospitals to confirm test results before reporting them to authorities.

Photo illustration of a bowl of food, positive drug test, and pregnancy ultrasound. Many common foods and medications can yield positive results on drug tests.

“There is this unfortunate misconception that doctors need to know if the person has been using substances in order to change how they will treat the newborn or how they will treat the mom,” Ashley Sawyer, senior policy counsel at at the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice said. “But actually that information is primarily used to report them.”

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thanks to Act 292, “The Unborn Child Protection Act,” Wisconsin is one of the most punitive states in the country for pregnant people who test positive for substances. Fetal personhood laws such as these are harmful for anyone who can get pregnant.

Wisconsin must repeal archaic ‘Cocaine Mom Law’ by Ruthie Hauge

Image of newborn baby

Not long after a woman from Jackson, Wisconsin, learned she was 12-weeks pregnant, five police officers knocked on her door with a warrant for her arrest. They jailed the 28-year-old for days, moving her from courtrooms to clinics in handcuffs and shackles.

Not long after a woman from Jackson, Wisconsin, learned she was 12-weeks pregnant, five police officers knocked on her door with a warrant for her arrest. They jailed the 28-year-old for days, moving her from courtrooms to clinics in handcuffs and shackles.

Her crime? She declined to continue a prescription that had run its course. She’d recently finished taking suboxone, a medication-assisted treatment for an overreliance on painkillers. She never tested positive for controlled substances.

A year later, in 2014, a woman went to Taylor County Department of Human Services for a pregnancy test. A urine test confirmed the pregnancy, but she also tested positive for controlled substances. She told doctors she had decreased her use and needed help.

Two months later, she was incarcerated for not agreeing to a tuberculosis test or admitting herself into an inpatient facility. For 18 days, she was provided no prenatal care.

After requesting an obstetrician for cramping and being uncooperative when she was seen by a jail doctor who lacked the OB-GYN expertise she required, jail personnel put her in solitary confinement.

Both women struggled to find legal representation. Their fetuses, however, both had guardians assigned to them per Wisconsin statute. Since 1998, Wisconsin has had an unconstitutional law on the books: Act 292, the Unborn Child Protection Act. It’s known colloquially by its cruder name, the "Cocaine Mom Law."

“What that actually means in practice is that any pregnant woman is a walking potential crime scene,” said Dana Sussman, senior vice president of Pregnancy Justice, a national nonprofit advancing the rights of pregnant people. “If you don't act the way (the state) wants, you could be suspected of a crime.”

And as a recent article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found, Child Protective Services agencies across Wisconsin investigated 1,465 allegations of unborn child abuse under the law between 2020 and 2024, which placed 146 children in out-of-home care within 60 days of the allegation...

Sussman and her team have pushed for repealing Act 292 for years.

Wisconsin is one of five states that authorizes civil commitments of pregnant individuals on the basis of alleged substance use disorder.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We’re hiring a Major Gifts Officer! This role will lead major gifts fundraising and donor engagement to strengthen long-term support for Pregnancy Justice. We’re so excited to start hearing from you! Apply here: nrgconsultinggroup.applytojob.com/apply/yo6plq...

JOB POSTING-Major Gifts Officer
NYC - hybrid | Full-Time | $126,252–$132,644

Develop and execute a multi-year strategy to grow individual & major donor revenue.
Lead cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts for major gifts.
Engage supporters & donors, identifying opportunities for increased connection & investment in the organization.
Draft compelling proposals, reports, and tailored donor communications.
Leverage the organization’s 25th anniversary to elevate visibility and deepen support from individual & major donors.
Directly supervise the Development Associate.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Join us for a screening of Baby Doe, and stay for a powerful panel discussion that digs into the documentary about the pregnancy-related prosecution of Ohio mother Gail Ritchey, highlighting how stigmatizing pregnancy collides with the criminal legal system: funraise.org/give/Pregnan...

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Join us on September 30 at City Winery NYC for our 25th Anniversary Gala to honor our history and impact, give well-deserved flowers to our honorees, dance to a set by DJ Rimarkable, and ensure that we can continue this fight for years to come. 🎂🎊💜✨ pjgala2026.funraise.org

Invitation for Pregnancy Justice’s 25th Anniversary Gala: Fighting for Our Collective Future.

September 30, 2026
City Winery
New York City

Honorees with headshots:
- Dr. Jamila Perritt, President & CEO, Physicians for Reproductive Health
- Lauren Smith, Mother & Advocate
- Sara E. Solfanelli, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte

Featuring a DJ set by: DJ Rimarkable
Tickets & Sponsorships: pjgala2026.funraise.org

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Reproaction @reproaction.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🪧 Interested In learning more about supporting and advocating for self-managed abortion? Join our virtual 5-week info-series this summer! Learn more and apply here: reproaction.org/resource/sma...

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The policing of medical cannabis for pregnant women in Alabama is highly invasive. Policies that simply don't exist for other medical conditions are forced on pregnant people. Where you live should not change how you’re treated during pregnancy.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Post-Dobbs, the masks are off, and the anti-abortion and prenatal personhood movement is more aggressive than ever. Last year, we saw 15 bills introduced that would criminalize women for seeking abortions. This year, at least 12 were introduced or carried over.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Join allies Women With a Vision and Sister Song on Saturday, July 4th for Pro Heaux, Pro Healing, Pro Justice: An Afternoon of Healing! This gathering honors Black women’s ancestral wisdom and offers a safe space for sex workers and formerly incarcerated community members: posh.vip/e/pro-heaux-...

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

4 years ago today, the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, pregnancy criminalization has reached new heights. But reproductive justice does not begin or end with Roe, and the criminalization of pregnancy is far from new. Pregnant people deserve a world with dignity and autonomy.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We’re hiring! We’re looking for a Development Associate and a Paralegal to join the team. Our Development Associate will support fundraising efforts and our Paralegal will work to support our litigation team. Share this post and apply with the link below! 😁 www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/careers/

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16/06/2026

Alabama now has medical marijuana, but there’s a huge catch for women ages 11 to 50 “This, I think, is the first sort of mechanism of regular surveillance, regular proving that you’re not pregnant in order to access something that…should be available to everyone.” - @pregnancyjust.bsky.social

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In Alabama, these patients have to take monthly pregnancy tests for medical cannabis

No other state in the nation mandates regular pregnancy testing for patients to qualify.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

📖🌈 Happy Pride Month! We’re highlighting media that center queer & trans perspectives on reproductive justice. This week, curl up with a book and read the words of some incredible advocates, birth workers, scholars, and more who bring much-needed LGBTQ+ representation to repro this month and beyond.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We’re beyond furious that the Maternal Health, Dignity, & Consent Act didn’t make it through the Assembly, but the way we activated was nothing short of incredible. And the passage of the bill in the New York Senate was HISTORIC! Thank you to all of you who showed up to protect pregnant New Yorkers!

The New York Senate is the first chamber in the country to pass a bill protecting informed consent for pregnant people before they are drug tested!

Though the bill had support from every single major medical group, it didn’t get a vote in the Assembly.

Still, we are so proud of how we showed up as part of the informed consent coalition. We rallied experts and lawmakers and mobilized people to take action. We’re grateful to so many of you who joined in support.

Change takes time, but we know it’s coming.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We have the support. Let's get the Maternal Health, Dignity, and Consent Act over the finish line! @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This Saturday, party with a purpose in a safe space for women, trans & nonbinary folks. 10% of ticket proceeds benefit Pregnancy Justice. 📍 Music Hall of Williamsburg | Brooklyn, NY | 6-10 PM 🎟️ www.axs.com/events/13925... @earlybirdsclub.bsky.social @musichallofwb.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Since last year, New Mexico’s unconstitutional directive has been separating mothers from newborns. We filed a brief before the New Mexico Supreme Court in support of @aclunm.bsky.social's legal case to challenge this harmful measure. A drug test isn’t a parenting test.

New Mexico is requiring its family policing agency to file abuse and neglect cases for every newborn exposed to substances – and to immediately separate newborns from their families. This violates New Mexico’s own state laws and constitutional protections and federal laws requiring efforts to keep families together. We filed a brief before the New Mexico Supreme Court challenging this attack on pregnant and parenting people’s rights. Image: 3 Brief pages with FILED stamp on top.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📢 Before the NYS legislative session ends, call Assembly Speaker Heastie (518-455-3791) & Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins (518-455-2585) to pass the Maternal Health Dignity & Consent Act. @drugpolicy.org @nyclu.org @movfamilypower.bsky.social @reprorights.org bronx.news12.com/power-politi...

Desseray Wright, a mother and advocate with The Bronx Defenders, speaks with News 12 about the need to get the NYS Maternal Health Dignity and Consent Act passed to protect pregnant patients and newborns from nonconsensual drug testing, which leads to family separations.

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🗣️ We said it before, and we'll say it again

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We’re hiring a Research Assistant! This person would work with our research team to document pregnancy-related prosecutions and their impact in the three years after the Dobbs decision. Share this post and apply here: pregnancyjustice.bamboohr.com/careers/53 🙂‍↔️

Research Assistant Job Posting - NYC - Hybrid | Full-Time | $71,225-$74,830

Job description:
Support data collection by making formal requests for case records and managing files
Review cases for relevance according to study definition of pregnancy-related prosecutions
Code case records for quantitative analysis as part of large coding team
Support creation of data visualizations and brief case narratives for research reports and updates to online data center
Review research trends for reports and fact sheets
Prepare data in response to requests from scholars, students, journalists, and advocates

*Limited position until April 30, 2027, with possibility for extension contingent on grant funding

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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

No pregnant woman should have to endure the sick and horrifying treatment that Ms. McElroy did. The law requires humane treatment and access to necessary care, yet those basic protections were denied. Our lawsuit seeks accountability for this inexcusable inaction. We are proud to stand with her.

A woman was left to labor alone by staff in an Alabama jail for over 24 hours. She and her baby were only saved by other courageous detained women, who helped her deliver on the floor.

Pregnancy Justice, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of her and her infant daughter.

“I’m so grateful that my baby and I are here today, and I owe that to other women because the guards treated me like I was less than nothing ... I’m scared to even get pregnant again. They shouldn’t be allowed to do that to another woman ever again.” - Tiffany McElroy

Image of complaint documents with red FILED stamp. Image of Ms.McElroy sitting with her child on her lap.

Tiffany McElroy was days into her detention at the Houston County Jail when her water broke. She cried out for help, and other jailed women banged on walls and tables, begging jail staff to take Tiffany to a hospital.

The women were met with threats of lockdown, being written up, or being tased. Ms. McElroy was left slipping in and out of consciousness.

The other women stepped in and provided what the jail did not: humanity and actual care.

When her baby was finally born, limp and blue, they sucked mucus from the baby’s mouth and nose with their own mouths, and they rubbed and patted the newborn until she finally cried.

Tiffany and her baby’s constitutional rights were violated. The jail, county, and others completely disregarded the health and safety of mother and child.

They unnecessarily forced Tiffany to endure a dangerous, painful, and terrifying birth experience – and they must be held accountable.

Ms. McElroy’s treatment was not an isolated incident. The Houston County Jail has a long history of providing inadequate medical care to pregnant and postpartum people.

And Alabama continues to lead the nation in jailing women for “endangering” their pregnancies while doing nothing to provide care for pregnant people.

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