- Case Explores Rights of Fetus Versus Mother -- "Ms. Beltran, 28, was taken in shackles before a family court commissioner who, she says, brushed aside her pleas for a lawyer. To her astonishment, the court had already appointed a legal guardian for the fetus." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/us/case-explores-rights-of-fetus-versus-mother.html?_r=0 4 comments law
- "Wisconsin is one of four states, along with Minnesota, Oklahoma and South Dakota, with laws specifically granting authorities the power to confine pregnant women for substance abuse." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/us/case-explores-rights-of-fetus-versus-mother.html?_r=0 5 comments politics
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- Pregnant Wisconsin Woman Jailed Under State's 'Personhood'-Like Law http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/12/12/pregnant-wisconsin-woman-jailed-states-personhood-like-law/ 112 comments
- Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail — ProPublica http://www.propublica.org/article/when-the-womb-is-a-crime-scene 0 comments
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