Pregnancy loss is not a crime. Explore how your state laws treat the aftermath of pregnancy loss: www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/u...
Prosecutors are going after people for how they respond to their miscarriage or stillbirth, but there’s no right answer: Women have been investigated for flushing fetal remains down the toilet, burying them, and bringing them to the hospital.
📰 www.huffpost.com/entry/miscar...
Providing abortion care is an act of love and liberation. It is steady, determined work carried forward across generations. #CelebrateAbortionProviders
The “uNfOrTuNaTe fLaW” he's referring to is that the state's abortion ban has no rape or incest exception. 🤬
But this is no accident; these policies are DESIGNED to violate our basic human rights. For the extremists who champion these violent laws, this is a feature, not a bug.
When we fight for the rights & empowerment of ALL women & girls, we fight for justice. And with justice, rights become more than words on paper. Rights become power.
This #InternationalWomensDay, we're calling on world leaders to recommit to the fight for gender equality & make justice a reality.
Women and girls continue to face barriers when it comes to advancing and affirming their reproductive rights. That’s why the Center is in courtrooms around the world, fighting for their access to justice.
This #IWD, here are 5 wins to celebrate:
Mifepristone is almost 10 times safer than Viagra.
So why are Republican lawmakers so dedicated to “investigating” a medication whose safety has been well established?
Because they want control over our ability to make decisions for our lives, family, and health.
ALL patients deserve compassion!
“Passing the Maternal Health, Dignity, and Consent Act would ensure patients understand and consent to their care – safeguarding bodily autonomy and protecting their trust in healthcare.”
archive.ph/2026.02.26-1...
Women's history includes ALL women's history.
This month, despite the seemingly relentless attacks from those in power who are trying to disempower us, let us remember that our struggle is shared, and our future will be built together.
How to support workers who experience pregnancy loss. Analysis by @maritahennessy.bsky.social Tara Woulfe & @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Many abortion seekers rely on abortion doulas or support companions to support their self-managed abortions, many of whom are connected through local doula collectives or mutual aid networks. reproaction.org/self-managed...
Join our fight to advance and defend the rights of pregnant people as a summer intern! 🙂↕️ Apply by March 23: pregnancyjustice.bamboohr.com/careers/49
Here’s the truth: Providers know mifepristone is
✅ Exceedingly safe
✅ Effective
✅ Makes abortion care more accessible, especially for people in rural areas or states with abortion bans
✅ Helps make it possible for people to make decisions that are best for them
Reproductive justice requires supporting the full spectrum of abortion experiences and allowing people to have their abortions in whatever way is most comfortable for them. reproaction.org/self-managed...
❌ No one should face jail time for getting or providing healthcare. Patients and providers should be able to make decisions about abortion without political interference.
👉 Learn more about abortion decriminalization—and why it’s so important—here: https://bit.ly/4hCTOKI
A federal judge in Louisiana could end telehealth access to medication abortion nationwide.
This lawsuit is a blatant attempt to ban abortion. Mifepristone has been safely used for 25 years. It's the most common method of abortion care in America. Women will suffer if access is restricted.
Everyone deserves access to expert-provided abortion care, no matter who they are or where they're from — without barriers, and without delay. 💙
Having access to abortion allows this mom to study, pursue a new career, and decide if, when, and how to start a family.
Reproductive freedom makes it possible for people to define their own futures on their own terms. Full story below.
https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/podcast-my-body-my-pod/
NEW RESOURCE🗣️ We’ve created a blueprint for state advocates, lawmakers & legislative staff with strategies and options to protect the rights of pregnant people!
Email PJPolicy@pregnancyjusticeus.org for a copy of the blueprint. Read the executive summary: www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/u...
Laws giving fetuses rights are already being used to charge pregnant people with manslaughter or homicide for pregnancy loss while restricting access to care across the country. We should all be paying attention!
TOMORROW 🗓️ You don’t want to miss this webinar! Register at ambar.org/pregnantrights.
“The child welfare agency is acting as an agent of the police. There’s no distinction between the two.”
ALL pregnant people deserve dignity and respect. That means informed consent before drug testing and not being intimidated by police in hospital rooms. Health-based approaches, not punishment.
Pregnancy Police Alert 🚨 Justin Olson supports giving fertilized eggs, embryos & fetuses the same legal rights as you and me. We know that will send even more pregnant people to jail, block life-saving care, ban abortion, and threaten IVF.
📞Call your senators and tell them to REJECT his nomination.
Our senior policy counsel Kulsoom Ijaz & ACLU of Southern California senior staff attorney Minouche Kandel wrote about the gap between California’s promise of reproductive justice and the lived realities of pregnant/postpartum people.
The fight doesn't end with bill 2223. lacba.org?pg=LosAngele...
And this story, originally published by @kffhealthnews.org, looks at efforts by Indigenous communities to improve pregnancy and postpartum care.
We cover all of this and more in today's Rewire Weekly. (3/3)
Thousands of Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, OH, are set to lose temporary protected status 2/3. Locals are expecting a 30-day increase in immigration enforcement starting 2/4.
AFO & @ohwomenalliance.bsky.social collected supports here: abortionfundofohio.org/springfield/
Post-Dobbs, when pregnancy loss is increasingly treated as a suspicious event, these laws are being used to target women who experience pregnancy loss or self-manage their abortions.
Explore your state laws: www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/legal-landsc...
Almost every action after pregnancy loss has come under scrutiny. Many of these laws, like the crime of “concealing a birth,” date back to the 1600s, used to criminalize unwed women who were thought to be more likely to hide & end their pregnancies, fearing intense societal shame and repercussions.
NEW REPORT📣 Across the country, people have been arrested & charged after pregnancy loss, whether they miscarry at home on a toilet, bury the remains, or bring remains to a hospital.
Our report, “After Pregnancy Loss,” looks at what state laws have to say: www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/u...
ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
