Health Rewind: Policing African-American Motherhood

War on women's bodies, contraception sabotage, and more.

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Policing African-American Motherhood - The war on women now includes pregnant women, many of them being African-American women, says a new study. According to RH Reality Check, “African-American women in the study were more likely to be reported to the police by health care providers, arrested, and subject to felony charges” for a range of reasons including being drug tested without knowledge, not following doctor’s orders or being jailed to stop one from getting an abortion.(Photo: Getty Images/fStop)

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