#criminalization

#criminalization

Criminalization is the default framework people turn to in the United States to restore their sense of order, amid a crisis or emergency, so, when I hear someone suggest something wild, like calling the police on ICE, I understand where they're coming from. But as the Trump administration continues to consolidate power, we need to lose our illusions about the law as a moral instrument. We need more outlaws and less confusion about what the law protects and who it targets.

Chandler-Scott's traumatic ordeal reveals the ultimate endpoint of abortion bans - criminalizing pregnant people, whether they have an abortion or not.