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Response to WaPo's On Faith: The Morality of Abortion and the Need for Reproductive Justice
by Farah Diaz-Tello, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
May 10, 2011 - 5:24pm (Print)
Abortion is morally defensible because women are the best arbiters of whether or not they are ready to bear a child, not because it is a way for society to prevent the births of babies perceived as undesirable.
Pregnant, Jailed and Denied Care
by Amie Newman
November 24, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Bethany Cajúne, pregnant and in a substance abuse recovery program, was jailed for 19 days for traffic violations. But officials repeatedly denied her a drug necessary to her recovery, putting her health and the life of her fetus at risk.
Advocates Unite to Oppose Criminalization of Being Pregnant
More than 50 organizations and experts in the fields of medicine, public health, and child welfare asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reject the state’s decision to incarcerate Amber Lovill because she was pregnant.
