“Pink Crime”: Criminalizing Motherhood, Pregnancy, Abortion and Queer Identity w/ Pro. Valena Beety

In our latest, we talk with Prof. Valena Beety, Professor of Law at Indiana University, about her new book “Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity.” We discuss how the state has been criminalizing motherhood, pregnancy, abortion and queer identity.

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Guest bio//
Valena Elizabeth Beety is a law professor, innocence litigator, and former federal prosecutor who has exonerated the wrongfully convicted, secured presidential clemency, and produced scholarship cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Her work centers the women and queer people most targeted in the criminal legal system.

Her most recent book is “Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity.”