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.
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.
McKenna v. Miller Decision (11-14-13 )
McKenna v. Miller Decision (11-14-13 )
Press Release: NEW YORK APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS THE RIGHTS OF PREGNANT WOMEN
Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sarah E. Burns: (845) 820-1671
Lynn M. Paltrow: (212) 255-9252
Katharine Bodde: (212) 607-3372
NEW YORK APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS THE RIGHTS OF PREGNANT WOMEN
New York (November 14, 2013): Today, the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, rejected a lower Family Court’s finding that a woman’s decision to move from California to New York while pregnant was so “reprehensible” that it could bar New York courts from hearing her child custody case.
Amicus Brief Submitted in the McKenna/Miller Case
Amici Curiae Brief of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, New York Civil Liberties Union, MotherWomen, Inc.,National Organization for Women in New York City, Choices in Childbirth, Service Women's Action Network, Planned Parenthood of New York City, and the Reproductive Justice Clinic at The New York School of Law.
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