Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act aims to ensure humane treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in U.S. detention facilities.
The Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act seeks to safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant and postpartum women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment. The bill mandates access to health care services, including reproductive health care and pregnancy-related services, for detained noncitizens in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. It prohibits the use of restraints on pregnant, lactating, or postpartum detained noncitizens, except in extraordinary circumstances.
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