Women Face Criminal Charges Over Pregnancy For Medical Cannabis Use, Record Number Of Prosecutions In Year After Dobbs
Over two hundred pregnant people faced criminal charges for conduct related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss or birth during the first year following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision. Some women faced prosecution for using medical cannabis, despite being registered patients under state law. That's according to a report from Pregnancy Justice, a reproductive rights organization, titled "Pregnancy as a Crime: A Preliminary Report on the First Year After Dobbs." Following methamphetamines, cannabis was the second most common drug appearing in 86 of the total number of cases.
