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From Inside Prisons, Mothers Long for Their Children

Christy Hall, Birth Attendants on May 9, 2008 - 8:00am
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The majority of women in prison are mothers of minor children, and women are the fastest-growing prison population in the country. We need to recognize and treat with compassion the humanity of these mothers.

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Minimums Matter: RH Access in New York Jails

Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check on March 4, 2008 - 12:07pm
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A report released today by the New York Civil Liberties Union discovers that access to reproductive health care services for women in New York jails is unregulated and lacks minimum standards.


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Women's Rights Vindicated on Roe Anniversary

Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check on January 23, 2008 - 12:45pm
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In a bit of poetic timing, a federal court of appeals issued a new decision upholding women's rights on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The case, Roe v. Crawford, concerns the near total ban on abortion access implemented by the Missouri prison system in 2005.


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Mothering as a Reproductive Right

Malika Sadaa Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights on December 11, 2007 - 10:18am
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Where is the reproductive rights community in the over-incarceration of mothers and the almost systematic severance in the mother and child relationship as a result of maternal incarceration?


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Powerless in Prison: Sexual Abuse Against Incarcerated Women

Nicole Summer, RH Reality Check on December 11, 2007 - 10:17am
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Surviving a sexual assault and then navigating the health care system to receive adequate counseling and reproductive medical attention is daunting enough for those who walk freely on the outside. For women in prison, these hurdles can seem insurmountable.


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What Do Prisons Have to Do with Reproductive Rights?

Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check on December 11, 2007 - 10:16am
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What do prisons have to do with reproductive rights? As it turns out, plenty. Prisons, jails, and immigration detention facilities are part of an expanding array of institutions that shape women's reproductive lives.


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Locking Down Women's Rights

Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check on September 24, 2007 - 8:47am
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Women in prison are constitutionally entitled to abortion services, but prisons repeatedly stand in the way of women seeking to exercise that right.


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Building Solidarity with Victims of Anti-Trans Violence

Eesha Pandit, RH Reality Check on August 21, 2007 - 8:30am
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The reproductive justice movement needs to pay attention to the recent attacks on immigrant transgender women of color.


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Pregnant Behind Bars: The Prison Doula Project

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on August 2, 2007 - 8:30am
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At least 7 percent of incarcerated women are pregnant when they are sent to prison, with little access to health care or pregnancy resources. A group of Washington state doulas are there for them though.


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