After 17th court hearing, woman with TB ordered to jail for refusing treatment
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Wisconsin’s ‘fetal protection’ law forces women into treatment or jail
An investigation by The Marshall Project, The Frontier and AL.com, co-edited and published in
Policing pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘fetal protection’ law, one of the nation’s most punitive, forces women into treatment or jail
Editor’s note: This story contains language and descriptions surrounding suicide and sexual assault. Tamara Loertscher
Policing pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘fetal protection’ law, one of the nation’s most punitive, forces women into treatment or jail
Reading Time: 17 minutes Tamara Loertscher arrived at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau
Treatment wasn’t working. Would jail have saved a woman in Colorado from fentanyl?
The months in advance would carry development and healing — but also struggles and relapse.