Rachel Roth is a reproductive justice scholar and advocate. As a Soros Justice Fellow, she is writing about the impact of imprisonment on women’s reproductive rights. She is the author of the book Making Women Pay: The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights, co-author of the report Abortion Funding: A Matter of Justice, and a contributor to Defending Justice: An Activist Resource Kit and The Reproductive Justice Briefing Book. Her most recent publication is "She Doesn't Deserve to be Treated Like This": Prisons as Sites of Reproductive Injustice.
NPR recounts chilling tales by women who were shackled during labor and childbirth, and reports on the ongoing efforts to end this practice.
Pennsylvania is poised to become the tenth state to restrict the shackling of pregnant women in labor or childbirth, once the governor signs the bill.
The New York State Commission of Correction has issued a scathing report on the death of a pregnant woman in an Onondaga County jail, finding that competent medical attention would have saved her life.
An estimated five percent of the one million women incarcerated each year are pregnant when they enter jail. Cases of fatal medical neglect of incarcerated pregnant women highlight the need for protecting their health, rights, and lives.
The American Medical Association takes a stand against shackling pregnant women in labor.
Rhonda Copelon, feminist scholar, human rights advocate, legal innovator
Washington becomes the seventh state to limit the shackling of pregnant women in prison.
Pennsylvania makes progress on bill to limit the shackling of imprisoned women during labor and childbirth
Washington State could become the seventh state to enact a law limiting the shackling of imprisoned women during labor and childbirth; legislative hearing on Monday, January 18
New Activist Resource Kit demystifies conservative opposition to reproductive justice.
