Emma Roth

Attorney fighting pregnancy criminalization @PregnancyJust. Formerly @ACLU Women's Rights Project, @YaleLawSch, @BrownUniversity. Mom who gets it. Views my own.

[Eleanor Klibanoff @eklib]

BREAKING: Wrongful death suit against two Texas women who allegedly helped a friend obtain abortion pills has been DROPPED.

The women were sued by their friend’s ex-husband, who was represented by anti-abortion legal crusader Jonathan Mitchell

More TK @TexasTribune

[Pregnancy Justice | @pregnancyjust.bsky.social @PregnancyJust]

NEW REPORT‼️ The data shows there were more pregnancy-related prosecutions in the first year after Dobbs than in ANY prior year.

Why? State actors are emboldened, putting pregnant people under INCREASED surveillance and making a dire situation even worse.
https://t.co/mYgV5Ottqk

[Emma Roth @Emma_Roth]

@jonathanvswan @maggieNYT @ShaneGoldmacher I would hardly call the draft “watered down” on abortion given its embrace of fetal personhood under the 14th amendment. Such an extreme interpretation, if and when green lit by Trump’s SCOTUS, would obviate the need for a federal ban.

[Emma Roth @Emma_Roth]

Like so much of Alabama’s dystopian regulation of pregnancy, the brutal irony of this decision is it will prevent countless people who deeply desire parenthood from creating *actual* life.

UAB has already shut down its IVF care, with more to follow.

[Pregnancy Justice | @pregnancyjust.bsky.social @PregnancyJust]

‼️ The Alabama Supreme Court ruled for the first time that frozen embryos are people, and people can be held liable for destroying them. This gives fertilized eggs the same protection as babies. 🧵

https://t.co/W8l73iCqlC reporting by @DanRosZiff.

[Pregnancy Justice | @pregnancyjust.bsky.social @PregnancyJust]

"Any type of pregnancy criminalization is related to abortion because it involves policing a pregnant person’s actions... it's an invasion of someone’s bodily autonomy."🎯

We talked about our client's case & fetal personhood with @JessicaValenti. Full Q&A at the link in her bio!

[The Meteor @themeteor]

“I didn’t feel like a mother. I felt like a criminal.”

All over the country in the aftermath of Dobbs, pregnant people are being prosecuted for their behavior. This is the story of one woman, Lauren Smith, who’s fighting back. 🧵

https://t.co/1NQsKTAwe1

[Emma Roth @Emma_Roth]

Etowah County prosecutes more women for pregnancy-related charges than any other large county in AL or the US, yet has repeatedly neglected their “legal and constitutional obligation to provide medical care to those pregnant and postpartum women.”-@DanaSussman of @PregnancyJust

[PBS News @NewsHour]

A new federal civil rights lawsuit is raising concerns about the treatment of pregnant detainees at an Alabama jail and the potential harm to their unborn children. @TheStephSy reports. https://t.co/PxXXZjpSul

[Emma Roth @Emma_Roth]

Ashley Caswell labored for 12 hours and was forced to deliver her baby alone in a jail shower when officials refused to take her to the hospital.

She's one of dozens of women whose rights Etowah County, AL has violated.

She's bravely taking a stand.

https://t.co/U6GNmzZ2Vu

[Amy Yurkanin @AmyYurkanin]

A lawsuit filed by a former Etowah County inmate says she was forced to give birth in a jailhouse shower while staff ignored her calls for help https://t.co/I5vmblCO3n

[Pregnancy Justice | @pregnancyjust.bsky.social @PregnancyJust]

NEW REPORT📢 We've got the numbers.

Roe ➡️ 2005 = 413 pregnancy-related arrests
2006 ➡️ Dobbs = 1,396 pregnancy-related arrests

That's over 3x as many cases of pregnancy criminalization in half the time. Find out why: https://t.co/03hnfkvh3J

[Alabama Reflector bsky: @alreflector.bsky.com @ALReflector]

Via @alanderrocha: “An elective abortion performed in Alabama would be a criminal offense; thus, a conspiracy formed in the State to have that same act performed outside the State is illegal,” a filing from the AG's office said. https://t.co/PqlsXETpmQ #alpolitics

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

"Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said the state can prosecute people who help women travel out of state for abortions in response to a lawsuit filed by a pro-abortion group and owners of women’s clinics." https://t.co/SpGpxmMXg3

[Emma Roth @Emma_Roth]

Louisiana SG @LizMurrill12 claims—without basis—that abortion pills are laced with fentanyl. This is false and dangerous.

At @PregnancyJust, we've warned time and again that the drug criminalization playbook is being repurposed to criminalize pregnancy.
https://t.co/LMN7DD2XRH

[The Real News @TheRealNews]

The case of 19-year-old Celeste Burgess and her mother, Jessica Burgess, is just one of many cases since the Dobbs decision where pregnant people were prosecuted for seeking abortion care.
W/ @Emma_Roth of @PregnancyJust
https://t.co/x6HNzrSDpd

[AL.com @aldotcom]

Prosecutors in some Alabama counties pursue charges against women who test positive for marijuana during pregnancy or after birth. One county in Alabama stands apart in this fight. https://t.co/LE76v1qsaV

[Amy Yurkanin @AmyYurkanin]

Does arresting moms who use drugs help Alabama newborns? The data show no positive effects https://t.co/mYuUbgqdjd

[Emma Roth @Emma_Roth]

I'm in @aldotcom explaining why prosecuting and incarcerating pregnant women puts both moms and babies at risk.

These prosecutions are a leading factor behind AL's skyrocketing maternal mortality rate. But @PregnancyJust is fighting for another way.

https://t.co/EDZ7IHGrHr