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Deanna Pistono dee-an-uh pist-oh-no (she/her/hers)

Hearst Foundation Fellow

Deanna Pistono is a master’s student in mass communication at Arizona State University. She works as a graduate research assistant for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Southwest Health Reporting Initiative.

Shaquira Brooks sits on her bed at Mother’s Hope on June 28, 2023, in Birmingham, Alabama, surrounded by notebooks full of homework and exercises. This is her second stay at the facility, where people who are pregnant, who have children or who have recently given birth are treated for substance use. (Photo by Shelby Rae Wills/News21)

‘We are fighting for our lives’: Experts worry criminalization of pregnancy will rise post-Roe

Even before the reversal of Roe v. Wade last year, actions to criminalize behavior during pregnancy occurred across the country. Now, experts worry they’ll see far more cases.