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First of its kind statistics on pregnant women in US prisons. In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind systematic look at pregnancy frequency and outcomes among imprisoned US women, researchers say almost 1,400 pregnant women were admitted to 22 US state and all federal prisons in a recent year. They also found that most of the prison pregnancies -- over 90 percent -- ended in live births with no maternal deaths. Source 6z.
It does make me wonder what kind of treatment these prisoners get when the moment happens - not to mention certain bad prisons may just leave you there in pain. I hope there's some kind of monitoring for these women though.
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