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Wanted For Being A Pregnant Teen: A Draconian Approach To Reducing Teen Pregnancy And Prosecuting Statutory Rape, Haddy Rikabi
Wanted For Being A Pregnant Teen: A Draconian Approach To Reducing Teen Pregnancy And Prosecuting Statutory Rape, Haddy Rikabi
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
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Exploring An Old Act For New Protections: How Title Ii Of The Ada Protects Pregnant Women Undergoing Methadone Treatment From State Agency Child Removal, Haley Johnston
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
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Dangerous Or Just Pregnant? How Sanism & Biases Infect The Dangerousness Determination In The Civil Commitment Of Pregnant Women, Alyson R. Schwartz
Dangerous Or Just Pregnant? How Sanism & Biases Infect The Dangerousness Determination In The Civil Commitment Of Pregnant Women, Alyson R. Schwartz
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
Sparked by the story of Alicia Beltran, this Note explores state use of civil commitment statutes to police pregnant women suspected of drug use. Civil commitment determinations are already infiltrated by sanism: an irrational prejudice against those with mental disabilities and illnesses expressed through stereotyping and stigmatization similar to that of other prejudices such as racism and sexism. Yet, deficiencies in civil commitment safeguards for pregnant women cannot be explained simply as an issue of sanism, gender oppression, wealth inequality, or racism. Rather, each of these components must be combined to reveal how the interaction of each erodes the constitutional …