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Carter Sherman

More than 200 pregnancy-related prosecutions in first year post-Roe

Abortion rights protester holds sign
An abortion rights protester in Houston. Photograph: Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters

In the year Roe v Wade was overturned, at least 200 people in the US were prosecuted for conduct relating to their pregnancies – the highest number of cases in a single year ever recorded, according to a new report released on Tuesday.

The report, compiled by the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice, is the first comprehensive accounting of pregnancy-related criminal charges between June 2022 and June 2023, but researchers warn that it is still probably an undercount.

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