Criminalizing Pregnant People: A Brief Retrospective

When pregnant people's bodies are policed, the most vulnerable and marginalized among us suffer disproportionately.

I had a vivid nightmare last night. My daughter and I were in a car, in the back seat, with her in the infant bucket seat she hasn’t used for over a year now. The car began to speed backwards, and I couldn’t reach the handbrake. Amazingly, however, we emerged from this unharmed. The road we backed into was devoid of traffic. 

I think this is an apt if un…