why reproductive justice is - nwlc
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Why Reproductive Justice is
“Everything”
Farah Diaz-Tello, J.D.
Staff Attorney
Mass Incarceration
Reproductive Health
Restrictions
Child Welfare Interventions
Loss of Family
Integrity
REPRODUCTIVE INJUSTICE
Laws intended* to protect
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Laws intended to protect
children
“[W]e do not see any reason to
hold that a viable fetus is not
included in the term ‘child’…”
“[O]utside the right to abortion created in Roe and upheld in Planned Parenthood, the viability distinction has no place in the laws of this State [. . . .] to the extent that the Court of Criminal Appeals limited the applicability of the chemical-endangerment statute to viable unborn children in Ankrom, this Court expressly rejects that distinction . . .”
“Under the doctrine of parens patriae
the state is the ultimate parents of all
the dependents within its boarders
[sic] and should be afforded a
remedy to protect the health, welfare,
and safety of unborn children within
its boarders. [sic]”
• Criminalized drugs
• Prescribed narcotics
• Marijuana
• Medical cannabis
