Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Update on Bei Bei Shuai: Bad News From Indiana

To call what Shuai did murder seems to overlook the fact that she was trying to kill herself. But this prosecution is unfortunately in line with a national trend of criminalizing the behavior of pregnant women whether through drug use, self-abortion—even, as in one case, falling down the stairs.

MORE: http://www.thenation.com/blog/168254/update-bei-bei-shuai-bad-news-indiana#