Every year there are 58,000 pregnant people entering jails and prisons, along with the almost 225,000 women and girls held in local jails, juvenile centers, state and federal prisons. For the most part, pregnant people in correctional facilities don’t have access to abortion services. Advocates and government officials must add explicit protections for people seeking abortion services while incarcerated.
Author: Carla Laroche
Carla Laroche is an associate clinical professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law. She has written and presented on the criminal legal system and reentry, race, gender, and families across the nation and internationally.