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The criminalization of pregnancy

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The criminalization of pregnancy
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rights, discretion, and the law
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Howard
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Grace Elizabeth
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1988-
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Grace Elizabeth Howard
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Daniels
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Cynthia R
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Cynthia R Daniels
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chair
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Miller
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Lisa
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Alexander-Floyd
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Nikol
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Nikol Alexander-Floyd
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Roberts
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Dorothy
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Dorothy Roberts
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Rutgers University
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School of Graduate Studies
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2017-10
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eng
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In my dissertation I conduct an inquiry into the legal phenomenon of pregnancy-specific crime. I discuss my theory of pregnancy exceptionalism in US jurisprudence, explore whether these laws are applied evenly in the population, and if not, why, and ultimately ask how, when, and if the law matters in practice. In order to answer these questions, I analyze pregnancy related US Supreme Court opinions to understand the court’s interpretation of the constitution as it relates to pregnant or potentially pregnant women. Next, I conduct a systematic analysis of state bills and statutes creating pregnancy-specific crimes, with an emphasis on the prosecution of pregnant women for crimes against the fetuses they gestate. Then, I examine arrest cases of pregnant women for crimes against their fetuses in the three states where such crimes have been officially codified: South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. Next, I present my analysis of interviews with prosecutors involved in developing these punitive policies, in order to understand their motivations for doing so. This project addresses the treatment of pregnant women as a separate class of person with reduced legal status. While pregnancy exceptionalism defines all pregnant women as a separate class, it is clear that some women are targeted more than others.
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Political Science
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Pregnancy--Law and legislation
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (iv, 136 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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by Grace Elizabeth Howard
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doi:10.7282/T34T6NHG
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ETD doctoral
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Howard
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Grace
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Elizabeth
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2017-09-28 11:02:40
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Grace Howard
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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