AMA: Don’t Shackle Female Inmates in Labor
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a resolution to prohibit the shackling of women during labor — a practice outlawed in seven states but still used in some prisons and hospitals for inmates who are giving birth. Prison – American Medical Association – Childbirth – Medicine – Health
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