maternal rights
Using restraints on women in prison during labor and delivery is cruel, inhumane and degrading and rarely justified on security grounds. Our video profiles a woman shackled during childbirth.
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By Diana Kasdan, American Civil Liberties Union October 6, 2009 - 6:00am
Last week a federal Court of Appeals held for the first time that the Constitution protects pregnant women in prison from unnecessary and unsafe shackling during labor and childbirth. Our video answers FAQs on shackling.
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By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) August 5, 2009 - 7:00am
Organizations committed to advancing a true culture of life, one that values the women who give that life, should join us in opposing Anti-Abortion "Personhood" Measures.
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Compelling HIV testing runs the risk of alienating patients from their medical care provider, and in turn driving them from care.
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