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Woman Jailed for Becoming Pregnant, Then Died From Lack of Medical Treatment

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Woman Jailed for Becoming Pregnant, Then Died From Lack of Medical Treatment

Holy shit.

(From the website: Trigger Warning for prison abuse, specifically denial of medical treatment, and reproductive rights violations.)

http://thecurvature.com/2010/11/18/woman-jailed-for-becoming-pregnant-then-died-from-lack-of-medical-treatment/

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Re: Woman Jailed for Becoming Pregnant, Then Died From Lack ...

This is so horrible and wrong. What a blatant disregard for this woman's human and reproductive rights. I hope the mother wins the lawsuit, but this never should have happened. She can never get her daughter back. It should be illegal to make pregnancy a violation of perole.

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Wow that is fucked. How can it be okay to make it illegal to get pregnant, seriously. Sadly the state seems to think that if you have committed a crime, you are effectively signing away your constitutional rights even after you have served the jail or prison sentence.