Friday, August 19, 2011

Tennessee and Virginia Agree: Stop Shackling Pregnant Women

Tennessee and Virginia Agree: Stop Shackling Pregnant Women

Women's dignity was vindicated twice in a double dose of justice on Thursday. A federal jury in Tennessee awarded Juana Villegas $200,000 as compensation for the suffering she endured when the Davidson County Sheriff's Office unconstitutionally shackled her to her delivery bed in 2008.

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