A rural Wisconsin mother is jailed after telling her doctor about occasional pre-conception drug use. The courts denied her the legal right to due process, while the fetus was given an attorney. The system is clearly broken.
Personhood: Policing Pregnant Women in America pulls back the curtain on how laws are used to control pregnant people and criminalize their lives.
๐ฌ Join us for a special screening and discussion presented by the State Abortion Access Network (SAAN) โ a multi-regional membership of state-led advocacy organizations defending abortion access across red, blue, and purple states.
August 6, 2025 | 7:00PM EST to 9:30PM EST (4:00PM PST to 6:30PM PST)
๐ฌVirtual screening with a post-film discussion panel featuring:
๐ Jo Ardinger, Filmmaker / Director of Personhood
๐ Kellie Copeland, Executive Director of Abortion Forward / SAAN Co-Founder & Advisory Board Chair
๐ Farah Diaz-Tello, Senior Counsel & Legal Director, If/When/How
๐ Cherisse Scott, CEO & Founder, SisterReach
๐ Moderated by Jan Mercer Dahms, Managing Director of SAAN
๐ RSVP now: givebutter.com/SAAN