Wisconsin’s ‘fetal protection’ law forces women into treatment or jail

  An investigation by The Marshall Project, The Frontier and AL.com, co-edited and published in partnership with The Washington Post, found that since 1999, more than 50 women have been…

Wisconsin’s law on substance use in pregnancy is wrong, leading doctors say

Every leading professional medical association that has considered the issue in the United States condemns approaches that punish pregnant people for substance use. In Wisconsin, Act 292 takes the opposite…

Policing pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘fetal protection’ law, one of the nation’s most punitive, forces women into treatment or jail

Editor’s note: This story contains language and descriptions surrounding suicide and sexual assault. Tamara Loertscher arrived at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Aug. 1, 2014…