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Guest Post: Buckhalter Conviction Would Hurt Women 21 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am
As originally published in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger on June 21, 2013. Mississippi doesn’t need help catching bad press. Perhaps this explains why many of us who live here hesitate to speak publicly...
Thank You! Bei Bei Shuai is Free and More! 6 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
After two and a half years, Bei Bei Shuai - an Indiana woman who was charged with feticide and murder for attempting suicide - is finally free: free from a looming murder trial, free from the electron...
VIDEO AVAILABLE: Missed the educational forum on Suicide, Mental Health, and Healing? 4 Jul 2013 | 01:44 am
Here is a first look at the recording of the educational forum, "Experts Discuss Suicide, Mental Health, and Healing: What Helps and Should Pregnant Women Be Treated Differently?" This event was spon...
Indiana Forum: Challenging Stigma and Misinformation in the Bei Bei Shuai case 2 Jul 2013 | 01:16 am
On Wednesday evening June 26, 2013, approximately 50 people attended an Indianapolis forum sponsored by a dozen local and national organizations. The forum, Suicide & Mental Health: Should Pregnant W...
Media Advisory: Indianapolis, IN Event 6/26 "Experts Discuss Suicide, Mental Health & Healing" 14 Jun 2013 | 12:28 am
Media Advisory For Immediate Release Contact: Brooke Beloso: 317-940-8629 Carolyn Meagher 317-989-3847 Experts Discuss Suicide, Mental Health, and Healing: What Helps and Should Pregnant Women Be ...
The Problem with Equating Pregnancy Termination with Murder - NAPW in The Nation 24 May 2013 | 01:56 am
When the Cleveland Prosecutor announced that he was considering bringing murder charges against Ariel Castro for causing Michelle Knight, his captive for nearly a decade, to miscarry, leading reporter...
Guest Post: Your Epidural is Against the Law: What Alabama Women and Doctors Need to Know 13 May 2013 | 11:07 pm
By Dr. Pippa Abston, cross-posted with permission.
Something to Celebrate: Hoosiers Rally for Bei Bei Shuai 25 Apr 2013 | 08:47 pm
On April 6, 2013, more than 100 people rallied in Indianapolis, Indiana in support of Bei Bei Shuai and against separate and unequal law for pregnant women. Reported widely and well, this rally demons...
Experts Challenge Findings in FL Task Force Report on Rx Drug Abuse & Newborns 4 Apr 2013 | 03:09 am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2013 Contact: Robert G. Newman, MD, MPH Phone: 212-523-8390 Email: rnewman@icaat.org Lynn Paltrow, JD Phone: 212-255- 9252 Email: LMP@advocatesforpregnantwomen.or...
April 6, 2013: Rally for Bei Bei Shuai and Against the New Jane Crow 28 Mar 2013 | 12:02 am
Indianapolis-based student, social justice, and faith-based activists are planning a rally in support of Bei Bei Shuai and against separate and unequal laws for pregnant women. The Rally will take pla...
