NAPW in the News

• How to Give Yourself an Abortion | Jewish Currents | Jan 2020
• NCJW/Essex Holding Lunch & Learn 'Roe 2.0: The New Era of Reproductive Rights' | TAP Into | Jan 2020
• Trump Admin: Pregnant Travelers Could Threaten U.S. Security | Daily Beast | Jan 2020
• Media, Politicians Are Breeding Birth Tourism Myths | Immigration Reform | Jan 2020
• New Trump Rule Imposes Visa Rules for Pregnant Women | Nature World News | Jan 2020
• Obstetric violence is a real problem. Evelyn Yang's experience is just one example | The Washington Post | Feb 2020
• North Carolina Wants to Penalize Prenatal Substance Exposure | Talk Poverty | Feb 2020
• How an online search for abortion pills landed this woman in jail | Fast Company | Mar 2020
• How an online search for abortion pills landed this woman in jail | TheNewsTrace | Mar 2020
• Athena Film Festival highlights stories of unseen women across the world | Columbia Spectator| Mar 2020
• Supporters call Penn Yan midwife case a travesty, modern day witch-hunt | Finger Lakes 1 | Mar 2020
• Yates midwife, advocates talk | Finger Lakes Time | Mar 2020
• 10 ways to honor the work of motherhood during Women's History Month | The Washington Post | Mar 2020
• 'They Separated Me From My Baby' Hospitals are keeping newborns from their parents over coronavirus fears. | The Cut | Apr 2020
• Community-Based Doulas and Midwives | Center for American Progress | Apr 2020
• The Coronavirus Crisis Confirms That the U.S. Health Care System Fails Women | Center for American Progress | Apr 2020
• Imprisonment of the Pregnant Body: Jo Ardinger's Personhood | Brooklyn Rail | May 2020
• Repro Legal Helpline Relaunches to Better Respond to Increased Calls on Self-Managed Abortions | Ms. Magazine | May 2020
• The legacy of the 'crack baby' myth continues to criminalize pregnant people | Prism | May 2020
• Using Cannabis While Pregnant Does Not Impair Children's Cognition, Decades of Studies Suggest | Forbes | May 2020
• Study Suggests Cannabis Usage During Pregnancy Does Not Impair Fetal Development | Baby Gaga | Jun 2020
• Rising Voices for 'Family Power' Seek to Abolish The Child Welfare System | The Chronicle of Social Change | Jul 2020
• Drug users delivering stillbirths could face murder rap if this California case advances | Los Angeles Times | Aug 2020
• In 'Personhood,' Seattle filmmakers document the human cost of giving legal rights to embryos | The Seattle Times | Aug 2020
• Why the 2020 Census may be headed toward a serious undercount; Remembering homelessness advocate Mike Lee; a Central CA woman is charged with murder for a stillbirth | KPFA 94.1 (California) | Aug 2020
• Attorney general denounces murder charge over stillborn baby | Los Angeles Times | August 2020
• She Was Charged With Murder After Her Baby Was Stillborn. Now California's AG Has Stepped In. | The Daily Beast | Aug 2020
• California district attorney throws his support behind mother charged with murder after her baby was stillborn with high levels of meth | The Daily Mail | Aug 2020
• Policing and Punishing Pregnant Women: The Case of Chelsea Becker | Ms. Magazine | Aug 2020
• California's Attorney General Condemns Murder Charges Over a Stillbirth | The New York Times | Aug 2020
• AG Sides With Defendant on Stillbirth Murder Charge | Newser | Aug 2020
• Vermont Conversation: The implications of a conservative Supreme Court | Vermont Conversation | October 2019
• "Criminalizing a Constitutional Right" | The New York Review of Books | November 2019
• "With a woman in prison for a stillbirth, California’s murder law is tested" | The Los Angeles Times | November 2019
• "California attorney general says nine-months pregnant woman should NOT be charged with murder for causing the death of her unborn child after she smoked meth days before delivery | Daily Mail | November 2019
• "Policing Pregnancy" | Reveal | December 2019
• "Attorney General Becerra asks CA Supreme Court to intervene over criminal charges for pregnancy loss" | KFPA | December 2019

NAPW Authored

• June v. Gee: When the Issue Involves Pregnancy and Abortion Inconsistency Should Come as No Surprise | Lynn M. Paltrow | Feb 2020

• Birth rights: Reproductive justice is a growing practice area | American Bar Association (ABA) Journal | Jan 2019
• The State of Roe v. Wade: Lynn Paltrow | The Laura Flanders Show | Jan 2019
• The Pregnancy to Prison Pipeline: Media Matters | The Laura Flanders Show | Feb 2019
• Public Health Post Profile: Lynn Paltrow | Public Health Post | Apr 2019
• Delivering Justice Part 1 | Mississippi Today | May 2019
• 'Every Pregnancy Is a Risk of Harm': How Criminalizing Miscarriage Could Play Out | Jezebel | May 2019
• Giving Fetuses Legal Rights Could Be a Nightmare for Women, Advocates Say | VICE News | May 2019
• Alabama woman charged in fetus' death after she was shot and lost her pregnancy | USA Today (Associated Press) | June 2019
• A pregnant woman was shot in the stomach. She was charged in the death of the fetus. |The Washington Post| June 2019
• Alabama woman charged in fetal death, her shooter goes free | AP News (Associated Press) | June 2019
• Marshae Jones Is Proof Pro-Lifers Don't Care About Life | The Nation | June 2019
• Case against Marshae Jones brings 'personhood' back to spotlight | AL.com | June 2019
• Alabama woman is charged in fetus' death after she was shot. But she may not be prosecuted. | NBC News | June 2019
• The Alabama Woman Charged With Her Fetus' Death Is Part of A Long History of Blaming Black Women For Harm To Their Unborn | Pacific Standard | June 2019
• The Marshae Jones Case Is Just the Latest Battle Over Fetal Personhood | Mother Jones | July 2019
• Alabama Wants To Imprison Marshae Jones. Her Crime Was Being Shot While Pregnant. | HuffPost | July 2019
• Lynn Paltrow on Fetal Personhood Laws & the Criminalization of Pregnancy | Democracy Now! | July 2019
• Charges Dropped in Death of Unborn Fetus: Marshae Jones 'Shouldn't Have Been Charged to Begin With' Says ACLU | Newsweek | July 2019
• No prosecution for Alabama woman who was shot, lost fetus | The Washington Post (Associated Press) | July 2019
• How pregnancy monitoring technology contributes to the war on women | The Washington Post | July 2019
• Mother who allegedly did drugs while pregnant charged with murder of newborn twins | ABC News | July 2019
• Her premature twins died on drugs. So why's this Tennessee mom charged with murder, experts ask? | Tennessean | July 2019
• District Attorneys Must Protect Abortion Access | Ms. Magazine | July 2019
• Professional Catfishers & Climate Emergency: VICE News Tonight Full Episode | VICE News Tonight | July 2019
• Charges dropped against mother accused of illegal drug use leading to death of premature twins | Times Free Press | August 2019
• Tiffany Roberts and the Harmful Pattern of Criminalizing Pregnant Mothers | Ms. Magazine | August 2019
• Cheerleader Accused of Murdering, Burying Newborn Goes on Trial | Daily Beast | August 2019
• Surgeon general's marijuana advisory to pregnant women, youth sparks debate | Abc6onyourside | August 2019
• Episode 68: Indra Lusero of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women on Reproductive Justice as a Human Right | en(gender)ed podcast | September 2019
• Effective Strategies for Courtroom Advocacy on Drug Use and Parenting | American Bar Association (ABA) Journal | October 2019
• Eye-Opening Film Spotlights Criminalization of Pregnant Women Via Dangerous, Little Known Laws | Women You Should Know | October 2019
• Jo Ardinger's PERSONHOOD Film Exposes The Danger Behind The Movement To Strip Pregnant People Of Their Rights | GirlTalkHQ | November 2019
• A Woman Was Charged With Murder After Officials Found Meth in Her Stillborn Baby's System | BuzzFeed News | November 2019
• 'Personhood' Film Shows the Cost of the Push for Fetal Rights | Rewire.News | November 2019
• Her baby was stillborn because of meth, police say. Now she's charged with murder | Los Angeles Times | November 2019
• The Abortion Bans | Al Jazeera (Faultlines) | November 2019
• Addicts with stillborn babies are being charged with murder in California | Los Angeles Times | November 2019
• Pushed into the shadows: How punishing pregnant women for opioid use leads to more birth complications | ABC News | November 2019
• Fetal Personhood is Maternal Punishment | The Nation | December 2019
• 'Personhood' Zooms in on the Chilling Consequences of Anti-Abortion Laws | Ms. Magazine | December 2019
• Attorney General Becerra asks CA Supreme Court to intervene over criminal charges for pregnancy loss | KPFA | December 2019

NAPW Authored

• Commentary: Reproductive Health Act won't endanger women | Times Union | Feb 2019
• Using Anti-Choice Law to Criminalize Pregnancy Is Nothing New | Rewire.News | May 2019
• The Crime Was Pregnancy | Ms. Magazine | July 2019
• Alabama Must Stop Prosecuting Pregnant Women | Ms. Magazine | July 2019
• "Opinion| Latest Rollback: Light Bulbs" | The New York Times | September 2019

• It Always Comes Down to Abortion | Splinter | Jan 2018
• What Serena Williams's Birth Story Says About Racism in Health Care | VICE (Broadly) | Jan 2018
• Advocacy group slams Montana county policy on pregnant women | Addiction Professional | Jan 2018
• Montana Attorney Moves to Prosecute Women Who Use Drugs and Alcohol During Pregnancy | Undark | Jan 2018
• Interview with Lynn M. Paltrow | Big Apple Film Festival | Jan 2018
• This Montana County Wants to Jail Pregnant Women For Drinking Or Drug Use, & It's Seriously Problematic | Rewire | Jan 2018
• Mississippi Woman Criminally Charged for Pregnancy Outcome After Home Birth | Rewire | Feb 2018
• Judge suggests drug-addicted woman get sterilized before sentencing, and she does | The Washington Post | Feb 2018
• Federal Judge Suggests Sterilization Before Woman's Sentencing | Oklahoma City Patch | Feb 2018
• Oklahoma woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilized | CBS News | Feb 2018
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Could Decide Whether Using Drugs During Pregnancy Is Child Abuse | Rewire | Feb 2018
• Woman Gets Reduced Sentence After Getting Medically Sterilized | WFMY News 2 | Feb 2018
• Sharing stories of miscarriage helps women grieve, fight for change | CNN | Feb 2018
• 'Prosecution in Search of a Theory': Court Documents Raise Questions About Case Against Latice Fisher | Rewire | Feb 2018
• 'Whatever's your darkest question, you can ask me.' A secret network of women is working outside the law and the medical establishment to provide safe, cheap home abortions. | The California Sunday Magazine | March 2018
• Body Politics: A Primer on Criminalization of Sexuality and Reproduction | Amnesty International | March 2018
• The '62 Days' Filmmaker on the Laws That Can Turn a Brain-Dead Pregnant Person Into an 'Incubator' | Rewire | April 2018
• Mississippi Woman Criminally Charged for Pregnancy Outcome After Home Birth (Updated) | Rewire | April 2018 (updated--originally published Feb. 2018)
• Children of the Opioid Epidemic | The New York Times Magazine | May 2018
• Informing Consent: Medical Malpractice and the Criminalization of Pregnancy | Michigan Law Review | May 2018
• What Happens When Abortion is Banned? | The New York Times | May 2018
• Birth Needs A #MeToo Reckoning | DAME | June 2018
• Case Challenging Wisconsin's 'cocaine mom' law is dismissed | Associated Press | June 2018
• Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Wisconsin's 'Personhood' Law | Rewire | June 2018
• Families separated away from the border | SocialistWorker.org | June 2018
• Drug use during pregnancy is not child abuse: Experts weigh in on Pennsylvania court decision | Salon | July 2018
• With the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh, Roe v. Wade is likely dead | The Washington Post | July 2018
• Woman Charged After Baby's Death Is Blamed On Drugs In Her Breast Milk | HuffPost | July 2018
• Our Foster-Care System Shouldn't Separate Families Either | The Nation | July 2018
• What would the world be like without Roe v. Wade? | Yahoo! Sports | July 2018
• Criminalization of Pregnancy | KBOO radio (Portland, OR) | July 2018
• As Groups Gear Up to Challenge Roe V. Wade, Advocates Say All Pregnant Women's Rights Are At Risk | Pacific Standard | August 2018
• Opponents of Wisconsin's 'Cocaine Mom' Law Continue Fight-Public Education Campaign Planned Against Law They Say Forces Medical Care on Women | Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR) | August 2018
• Group pushes back against Wisconsin 'Cocaine Mom' law | Minneapolis Star Tribune (Associated Press) | August 2018
• Opposing Attacks on Reproductive Rights with National Advocates for Pregnant Women's Lynn Paltrow | Episode 182 | The Great Battlefield (Resistance Dashboard) | August 2018
• For Some Local Prosecutors, The Post-Roe World Is Already Here | The Appeal | August 2018
• After a C-section, women who want a vaginal birth may struggle to find care | PBS News Hour | August 2018
• New York's 'Methadone Pope' Fought For Addiction Treatment Decades Ahead Of His Time | HuffPost | August 2018
• Iowa/Wisconsin news in brief | Telegraph Herald (Associated Press) | August 2018
• People Who Want Home Births Have to Jump Through All Kinds of Hoops | Tonic (VICE) | August 2018
• For Addicted Women, The Year After Childbirth Is The Deadliest | HuffPost | August 2018
• Saying Goodbye to Mr. Methadone: Dr. Bob Newman Dead at Age 80 | StoptheDrugWar.org | August 2018
• Mom charged after drugs in breast milk killed baby, prosecutors say | CNN Health | August 2018
• Judy Kuhn, Ariana DeBose, and More to Sing Karoke for Broadway Acts for Women | TheaterMania | Sept 2018
• Broadway Acts for Women Hosted by SNL's Cecily Strong and Martha Plimpton | The Times Square Chronicles | Sept 2018
• The Breach--'We Don't Heal from It.' Episode One: Investigating Big Horn County | The Breach (Rewire) | Sept 2018
• Heather Thompson and Indra Lusero-Birth Justice (ep 37) | The Greener Grass Podcast | Sept 2018
• Uplifting Every Voice--Together we can change the perception of parents created by the child welfare system | Rise Magazine | Oct 2018
• Fetal homicide ruling mandates 'Roe exception' challenge, Alabama justice says | The Washington Times | Oct 2018
• 'Roe exception' challenge needed after fetal homicide law upheld, Alabama justice Tom Parker says | GOP USA (reprint of The Washington Times) | Nov 2018
• Advocacy Group Calls Amendment 2 a 'Personhood' Measure | US News and World Report | Nov 2018
• Weed and Pregnancy: How Cannabis Laws Are Hurting Mothers | Rolling Stone | Nov 2018
• Debate over Amendment 2 meaning continues after passage | Montgomery Advertiser | Nov 2018
• When Women Have Fewer Rights Than a Fetus | Broadly (VICE) | Dec 2018
• A Woman's Rights | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• When Prosecutors Jail a Mother for a Miscarriage (A Woman's Rights: Part 1) | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• The Feticide Playbook, Explained (A Woman's Rights: Part 2) | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• The Cost of Complacency About Roe (A Woman's Rights: Part 3) | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• Slandering the Unborn (A Woman's Rights: Part 4) | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• The Mothers Society Condemns (A Woman's Rights: Part 5) | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• Can a Corpse Give Birth? (A Woman's Rights: Part 6) | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• How My Stillbirth Became a Crime (A Woman's Rights: Part 7) | The New York Times | Dec 2018
• The Future of a Personhood Nation (A Woman's Rights: Part 8) | The New York Times | Dec 2018

NAPW Authored

• Child Welfare and the Intended Consequences of the War On Drugs | Urban Matters (The New School Center for New York City Affairs) | May 2018
• Physicians' challenges under El Salvador's criminal abortion prohibition | International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | July 2018
• The Rising Trend of Criminalizing Pregnancy Is Turning Everyone Into Suspects | Bustle | August 2018
• Life After Roe | The New York Times | Sept. 2018

• Anna Yocca, Tennessee Woman in Coat-Hanger Attempted Abortion Case, Released From Jail a Year Later | NBC | Jan 2017
• This Woman Served More Than a Year in Jail for a Coat Hanger Abortion. Now She's Free | Mother Jones | Jan 2017
• Tennessee Woman Released From Jail After Pleading Guilty to Self-Induced Abortion Case | Rewire | Jan 2017
• Tennessee woman jailed for attempting abortion accepts plea deal for release | The Guardian | Jan 2017
• Wombs as Crime Scenes: What Happens When Pregnant Women Lose Their Civil Rights | Broadly (VICE) | Jan 2017
• The dangerous fallout of making abortion illegal is already happening | Fusion.net | Jan 2017
• In an Alabama jail, pregnant addicts find little sympathy, less treatment | AL.com | Feb 2017
• How Wisconsin is Shamefully Treating Some Pregnant Women | The Huffington Post | Apr 2017
• If Abortions Become Illegal, Here's How the Government Will Prosecute Women Who Have Them | Washington Post | Apr 2017
• When Miscarriage Becomes a Crime | Elle | Apr 2017
• Judge strikes down Wisconsin 'cocaine mom' law aimed at protecting fetuses | Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel | May 2017
• Judge strikes down Wisconsin law on pregnant drug abusers | US News & World Report (reposted in several other publications--including SF Chronicle, NY Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Washington Post) | May 2017
• A Judge Struck Down the 'Cocaine Mom' Law That Put Pregnant Women in Jail | Mother Jones | May 2017
• Pregnant women addicted to opioids face tough choices, fear treatment can lead to separation and harm | The Washington Post | August 2017
• Abortion clinics are closing in rural America. So are maternity wards. | Vox | September 2017
• Opioid Addiction and Pregnancy: Why Are Doctors Ignoring Best Practices? | The Fix | September 2017
• New York hospital's secret policy led to woman being given C-section against her will | The Guardian | October 2017
• There's No Such Thing as a Baby Opioid Addict | Tonic | November 2017
• Prosecuting Drug-Addicted Pregnant Women Helps No One | The Nation | December 2017
• Statement on Visit to the USA, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights* | United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner | December 2017

NAPW Authored

• Why the March for Science Matters for Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice | Rewire | Apr 2017