She was also charged with concealing birth, a misdemeanor, but was not convicted on that charge.

Rousseau’s case fits an emerging pattern where #women are swept up in #criminalization – even in states where #abortion is legal – by prosecutors reaching for antiquated statutes or laws that were never intended to punish #pregnant women & those experiencing #pregnancy loss or birth, including abuse of a corpse, child neglect or even homicide, acc/to several abortion #law experts….

#MaleSupremacy

“There’s been a really dedicated effort to #criminalize #pregnancy outcomes alongside #abortion,” said the legal director of nonprofit Pregnancy Justice, Karen Thompson.

There has been a notable uptick in these cases, in a separate but parallel lane to cases linked to stricter anti-abortion laws, since #SCOTUS overturned #RoeVWade in 2022 & stripped the federal constitutional right to abortion, the experts said.

#law #ReproductiveRights #privacy #MaleSupremacy #ChristianEvangelism #FarRight

"Two companies that make the abortion drug mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to hit pause on Friday’s lower court ruling that cut off telemedicine access to the pills nationwide, including in states where abortion is legal."

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#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #courts #SCOTUS