Content Warning: We discuss pregnancy complications, miscarriages, stillbirths, and abortions in this episode, listener discretion is advised.
In this episode we cover the heartbreaking story of Brittany Watts. A Black woman from Ohio who was prosecuted after experiencing a pregnancy loss.
And we highlight In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, a national-state partnership working to secure reproductive rights for all women, girls, and gender-expansive people.
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Audio Clips
Brittany Watts on being arrested after miscarriage: "I never said...I didn't want my baby."
Resources
A Nurse Called Police After a Black Woman Miscarried—There’s a History to That – Mother Jones
Ohio woman who miscarried at home won't be charged with corpse abuse, grand jury decides
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