Birthing Behind Bars

Each year thousands of pregnant women enter jail or prison.  Most will spend their pregnancies behind bars. PDF grantee WORTH (Women on the Rise Telling HerStory) is collecting the stories and experiences of women who have experienced pregnancy while behind bars. These stories can be used to push a state-by-state analysis of the intersections of reproductive justice and incarceration. Partnering with Thousand Kites, a media justice group, WORTH has created a website to share these video, audio and written accounts and a phone hotline where women can call to share their own stories, called Birthing Behind Bars. Please join WORTH in this national campaign to end the shackling of pregnant women.