Body, Law, and Liberty: Karen Thompson

May 15th, 2025

“Rights should never leave the pregnant person.”

We discuss the growing phenomenon of pregnancy criminalization, examine the path forward in a post-Dobbs world, and consider what a just jurisprudence of pregnancy might look like.

Karen Thompson is the Legal Director of Pregnancy Justice and leads a team defending the rights of people who face criminalization because of their pregnancies or pregnancy outcomes.

Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Karen are:

  1. Educate yourself at the Pregnancy Justice website: https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/our-issues/

  2. Make your voice heard, put pressure on district attorneys who bring cases to criminalize pregnant people.

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Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos 

Guest: Karen Thompson

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

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