Pregnancy as a Crime: An Interim Update on the First Two Years After Dobbs 

Report | September 2025 

This document provides a preliminary update on pregnancy-related prosecutions in the U.S. during the first two years after the Dobbs decision. This update focuses on pregnant people and the charges and allegations brought against them. These data are part of the Pregnancy Prosecutions Tracking Study, a research study examining pregnancy criminalization in the three years after Dobbs.