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A new federal bill aims to protect pregnant women held in prisons and jails

This article was published in partnership with Bloomberg Law. A California congresswoman is proposing sweeping changes to the treatment of incarcerated pregnant women in a bill introduced Thursday, part of a growing effort to correct systemic failures that put mothers’ and babies’ lives at risk in lockups around the country. The bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a Democrat, would mandate stronger protections for pregnant women an…

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No More Jail Cell Births: Sweeping New Bill To Protect Pregnant Prisoners

A sweeping new bill to protect pregnant prisoners has been introduced in New York, aiming to end childbirth in jail cells and sharply curtail the use of restraints and solitary confinement for expectant mothers across the state. The move follows years of growing criticism from medical groups, civil rights lawyers and former inmates who have described women going into labour alone in their cells, being shackled during birth or losing access to ro…

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