The Control and Punishment of Women

Anti-abortion legislators and groups have claimed for years that they do not have any interest in seeing women arrested for abortion. However, when we look at history, some women have been arrested and prosecuted. Those cases were rare, but since the Dobbs decision in June 2022, approximately 20% of U.S. states have seen legislative attempts to create laws that would allow for the criminal prosecution of the pregnant person for having an abortion.