Week 13 Day 2 Question 4

Read the attached article. It’s about the case of Bei Bei Shuai, which Goodwin discusses in her chapter, “Creeping Criminalization of Pregnancy in the United States” (see pp. 23-25 in the Goodwin excerpt). What do you think of the State of Indiana’s prosecution of Being Bei Shuai for her attempted suicide during pregnancy? How is Shuai’s status as a poor and vulnerable Chinese immigrant relevant to the case?

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