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Remembering Reproductive Rights for Prisoners

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

AlterNet Remembering Reproductive Rights for Prisoners By Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check Posted on April 3, 2008, Printed on April 22, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/81166/ The recent news that the Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that incarcerated women have a constitutional right to access abortion services caught my attention. It highlights the issue of reproductive rights for incarcerated women and reminds us that women are the fastest growing part of America's prison population. 2,319,258 people are incarcerated in America. The staggering reality is that 1 in 100 adults are in prison. A Pew Center on the States report found that, although men are still ten times more likely to be in jail, the numbers of incarcerated women are growing at a faster pace...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 23, 2008 (boomark / email).