State attorneys general like California's Rob Bonta, whose wife shared their abortion story this week, may be a lifeline for people with unplanned pregnancies.
In Wisconsin, harmful “fetal homicide” laws are taken a step further by the state’s dated Unborn Child Protection Act, or, which allows Wisconsin to take pregnant people into custody, assign a lawyer for their embryo or fetus , and send the pregnant person to drug treatment, psychiatric hospitals, or even jail, if they’re suspected of substance use. While the law remains on the books, Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul tells Jezebel he “fully supports repealing” it.
Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel at the reproductive justice legal advocacy group If/When/How, says state attorneys general have to play a greater role than ever in communicating to local law enforcement agencies that pregnancy loss shouldn’t be prosecuted, and no existing law dictates that it should be.
It’s not just state attorneys general—state legislators, particularly in states with Democratic majorities in the legislature, are taking action to protect pregnant people from criminalization and prepare for a post-
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