What does reproductive injustice have to do with pregnant people’s poverty? To this doula organization, everything
Why It Matters
Only 19 percent of women find a job after incarceration, compared to 50 percent of men. Assisting with abortions, cushioning healthcare costs and helping pregnant people find housing upon their release can help with reintegration.
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Trigger warning: Story mentions infant death
When Julie Bilotta was forced to give birth in her Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre cell without support from prison guards or nurses in 2012, her child was bruised from the waist down, was put on a ventilator, and dealt with chronic breathing problems until his death one year later. This was one of the preventable tragedies that led to Wellness Within working with criminalized pregnant people.
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