Sociology Professor Jeanne Flavin is featured this month in the
Hufffington Post (4/21/2014) commenting on Tennessee's Pregnancy Criminalization Law that would allow prosecutors to charge women with criminal assault for giving birth to babies with health problems or for losing pregnancies. The proposed law specifically targets the vulnerable population of women suffering from opiate addiction. Flavin's post, written at the Easter holiday, meditates on the meaning of mercy in this context and urges all people of conscience to oppose legislation that criminalizes pregnancy.
