A new report finds that hundreds of people have been charged with so-called “pregnancy-related crimes” in the two years following the Supreme Court’s overturn of abortion protections in the U.S.

“From June 2022 to June 2024 — the first two years after the Supreme Court’s decision in

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overturned Roe v. Wade — prosecutors initiated at least 412 cases across the country charging individuals with crimes related to their pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or birth,” reads the report from Pregnancy Justice , an organization that seeks to defend the rights of pregnant people.

Among those 412 defendants, 441 charges were brought against them, the vast majority alleging child neglect, endangerment or abuse — “statutes used by prosecutors beyond th

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