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LISBON During a court hearing last week, before ordering a woman to be taken into custody to serve a 10-day jail sentence, Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam asked a couple unfamiliar questions.
“Not to embarrass you, but I must ask, are your currently pregnant?” Washam asked, followed quickly by, “Have you had a child in the past six weeks?”
The questions came from concerns over a new state regulation that went into effect April 12 regarding limits for restraining or placing women or girls into solitary confinement while they are pregnant or recently postpartum.
The Ohio House bill deals with several changes to the laws regarding sentencing, but one of the changes creates new civil rights regarding those currently or recently pregnant. Once a woman or girl have been charged with a crime. if they are known to be pregnant or have been pregnant within the past six weeks, there are few exceptions when they can be handcuffed or restrained by items
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