Birth Behind Bars

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Program::

Century Of Lies

Air date:

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 12:00am to 12:30am

Carolyn Sufrin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

This week on Century of Lies: Birth Behind Bars.

The Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a hearing recently to shine a light on the pervasive abuse of pregnant women in prisons around the country. We hear from Senator Jon Ossoff; Jessica Umberger; Karine Laboy; and Doctor Carolyn Sufrin, an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.