“We anticipate that the criminalization of pregnancy is going to get worse if Roe is overturned,” said Afsha Malik, a research and program associate at the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, or NAPW. “What the state is doing in Oklahoma and elsewhere is they’re blaming, charging and jailing these women for their miscarriages and stillbirths,” Malik said. “We know of nine other open cases in Oklahoma where women are being criminalized in relation to their pregnancies or pregnancy outcomes. The NAPW tracked instances of pregnancy criminalization and found that more than 400 pregnant women were arrested, detained or subjected to forced medical interventions between 1973 (the year of the Roe v. Wade decision) and 2005. Cavan Images via Getty Images There's a patchwork of different laws and practices across states when it comes to prenatal drug testing at hospitals.

Source: Huffington Post June 17, 2022 12:16 UTC