This panel addresses trends in policing, prosecution, and punishment related to pregnancy outcomes. In keeping with the conference theme of “Courage in Action,” the panel highlights advocacy efforts against the use of criminal systems to surveil, regulate, and punish pregnancy outcomes. The panel will address who is being prosecuted for their actions during or the outcomes of their pregnancies; the crimes are being charged and what evidence is deemed sufficient proof; how these cases being litigated, and by whom; and how the trends in pregnancy prosecutions intersect with race, gender, gender identity, sexuality, poverty, rurality, and access to health care.
Business meeting at program conclusion.