While the Roe reversal is a major blow to anyone with a uterus, the inevitable wave of state-level regulation — backed by newly emboldened conservative law enforcement and courts — will continue to disproportionately affect people of color.
) have added broad personhood language to their state constitutions that extend the rights and protections of their laws to fetuses. These provisions were previously in conflict with, but now can take effect — effectively rewriting criminal and civil codes, so that any mentions of harming another person or child can be applied during pregnancy, says Sussman.
Sometimes, criminal charges are based on a person doing something that is only considered illegal because they are pregnant. “For example, most states do not criminalize drug use — they criminalize drug possession,” Sussman explains. “But we expect more pregnant people who use drugs to be charged with things like child abuse now.” faced murder and attempted feticide charges
For example, in the 1950s and 1960s, the government introduced programs offering assistance to white families who were struggling financially, but refused to do the same for people of color. “When Black women demanded access to the same kinds of government services and resources, it turned punitive,”the “Mississippi appendectomy”: in which Black women and girls as young as 12 were coercively sterilized, often by government-funded doctors.
And the consequences of the criminalization of pregnancy extend beyond incarceration. It perpetuates the racist and classist notion of “fit” and “unfit” parents, and who gets to determine who fits in each category. It can involve usingto surveil pregnant people, or strip them of their parental rights if their behavior is deemed risky for their fetus.
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