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Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests?

Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests?

by Susie Cagle, RH Reality Check

For pregnant women in Alameda County, California jails in the 1980s, the daily realities of life included shackled limbs, denial of prescribed medication, and, in the case of full-term miscarriage, at least one health-care ...

 

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