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NACDL is providing resources regarding the Criminalization of Pregnancy and Reproductive Health to the criminal defense community. Resources are provided without warranty or guarantee. Please consult the laws and rules of your state and local authorities. Please log in to access them. Membership is NOT required.
NACDL is committed to helping defense attorneys navigate a wide range of pregnancy and abortion related cases. NACDL is building a hub for information, practice materials, trainings, briefs, news, and more. These resources provide counsel with the tools and education they need to defend those charged with seeking, providing, or abetting abortions, as well as prosecutions related to pregnancy outcomes or behavior while pregnant.
To identify criminal suspects, law enforcement officers are turning increasingly to reverse search warrants, such as geofence warrants and keyword search warrants. This trend presents novel challenges to the Fourth Amendment and privacy rights in the United States.
Digital data and privacy resources relating to the criminalization of pregnancy and reproductive health.
Medical information relating to the criminalization of pregnancy and reproductive health.
Cruel and unusual punishment involves the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain or terror or disgrace “to the dignity of man” and may be invoked as a defense in a criminal case.
Subject matter experts and litigators from NACDL’s Fourth Amendment Center explain and discuss some of the important digital technology issues that defense counsel will very likely encounter in these cases. The faculty focus on reverse searches, facial recognition, and device searches.
Only a physician can provide abortion-inducing drugs, physician must be physically present at administration of initial dose, exceptions for self-managed by woman and legal delivery. O.R.C. §§ 2919.123, 2919.124(B). New 2021 version preliminarily enjoined by Planned Parenthood Sw. Ohio v. Ohio Dep’t of Health, No. A 2101148 (Hamilton Cty, Ohio, C.C.P. Apr. 20, 2021). Earlier version enjoined, limited to as-applied injunction, mooted on motion by Federal Drug Agency. See Planned Parenthood of Sw. Ohio v. Dewine, 931 F.3d 530 (6th Cir. 2019), cert. denied, 141 S.Ct. 189 (2020).
A.R.S. § 36-2152 sets out detailed requirements for parental consent and procedures for judicial bypass. A person who performs an abortion on an unemancipated minor or aids or assists in procuring such an abortion in violation of the section is guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor. Exceptions include medical emergency or if pregnancy resulted from sexual conduct with certain relatives, guardian, foster parent, or cohabitant of mother. No liability if person reasonably relied on minor’s representations.
Geofence warrants, a type of reverse search warrant, compel companies, like Google, to turn over substantial information about devices interacting with their technology within a particular geographic region. For this reason, geofence warrants mark an unprecedented increase in the government's ability to locate individuals without investigation. This primer will show you how geofence warrants are constructed and outline strategies to challenge these warrants when they appear in criminal cases.
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association hosted a critical discussion on the impact of the Dobbs decision on Ohio law.
Thank you to the many individuals who contributed time and resources this effort. Your tireless passion for justice makes this work possible.
With an increasing number of police departments across the country turning to unregulated, untested, and flawed facial recognition technology to identify suspects, it is vital defenders understand the technology, its limitations, and how to challenge its use in their cases.
