In October, NAPW staff traveled to Alabama and Georgia to connect with local advocates and allies and speak about our work advocating for the human and civil rights of pregnant people. In Tuscaloosa, AL, Nancy Rosenbloom (Director of Legal Advocacy) and Aarin Williams (Senior Staff Attorney) presented a teach-in organized by the Yellowhammer Fund about the chemical endangerment law in Alabama and the criminalization and punishment of people in relationship to pregnancy.
Project Prevention (Spanish-language version): Las madres e hijos alzan sus voces
En este video, las madres que han batallado con el uso de drogas y sus hijos reflexionan sobre sus vidas y responden a Project Prevention, un programa que ofrece $300 a personas que usan o usaban drogas, para que se esterilicen o usan métodos de anticoncepción de acción prolongada.
NAPW response to Reuters investigation of reporting of drug use, child welfare and infant deaths
NAPW response to Reuters investigation of reporting of drug use, child welfare and infant deaths
December 14, 2015
Read full response here.
Federal S 799: Protecting Out Infants Act of 2015 Letter
November 09, 2015
NAPW commends the good intentions behind the Protecting our Infants Act of 2015, but believes that the Act will in fact reinforce gender stereotypes, stigmatize drug use, and lead to punitive civil and criminal sanctions against pregnant women and girls.
NAPW: Movement in NY Case, Win in NJ & TN Conference Registration Open!
NAPW files amicus brief in N.Y. case
On July 24, NAPW filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief supporting Jennifer Jorgensen's appeal to New York's court of last resort in the case New York v. Jorgensen.
Victory in NJ – Methadone Treatment for Pregnant Women is Health Care, Not Harm
Today, the New Jersey Supreme Court announced its unanimous ruling in New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. Y.N. This decision rejects a lower court finding that a mother may be charged with civil child abuse and neglect because her newborn exhibited the transitory and treatable side effects of methadone treatment that the woman received during pregnancy.
PRESS RELEASE: Health and Human Rights Victory in New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. Y.N.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 22, 2014
Contact: Lynn Paltrow, (212) 255-9252, lmp@advocatesforpregnantwomen.
PRESS RELEASE: Nationwide Coalition Calls on Department of Justice to Denounce Enhanced Sentence for Pregnant Woman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 7, 2014
Contact: Lynn Paltrow, NAPW, (212) 255-9252
Cherisse Scott, SisterReach, (901) 310-5488
Nationwide Coalition Calls on Department of Justice to Denounce Enhanced Sentence for Pregnant Woman
Today, a coalition of 48 reproductive justice, drug policy reform, women’s rights and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to renounce enhanced criminal penalties for women on the basis of pregnancy.
Experts to New Jersey Supreme Court: Drug Treatment is Not Child Abuse
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 9, 2014
Contact: Kylee Sunderlin
(212) 255-9252
info@advocatesforpregnantwomen.
NJ: New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services v. Y.N., In the Matter of P.A.C., a Minor
NJ: New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services v. Y.N., In the Matter of P.A.C., a Minor
August 01, 2013
Amended Brief of Amici Curiae Experts in Maternal and Fetal Health, Public Health, and Drug Treatment in Support of Defendant-Petitioner
List of Amicus Curiae: Experts in Maternal and Fetal Health, Public Health, and Drug Treatment in Support of Defendant-Petitioner