"She is being held at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Basile, Louisiana, despite ICE guidelines urging against detaining pregnant women. In her first month behind bars, she did not receive the recommended prenatal vitamins, and although she suffers from nausea, vomiting, and body aches, the detention center has only provided her with Tylenol, a drug that, ironically, President Donald Trump has claimed causes autism in children (although this assertion is not supported by science)."
"The detained pregnant women reported being handcuffed and restrained during transport, being held in solitary confinement, receiving late and substandard prenatal care, being denied prenatal vitamins, being inadequately fed, having no interpretation or translation during medical consultations, receiving medical care without consent, and medical neglect resulting in a dangerous infection following a miscarriage, said the letter, sent Wednesday to the agency's director, Todd Lyons, and signed by other human rights organizations."
A pregnant woman in her twenties is detained at an ICE center in Basile, Louisiana and did not receive recommended prenatal vitamins. She suffers nausea, vomiting, and body aches and was given only Tylenol while barely eating. An ACLU letter compiles reports from detained pregnant women who experienced handcuffs and restraints during transport, solitary confinement, late and substandard prenatal care, denial of prenatal vitamins, inadequate food, absence of interpretation during medical consultations, medical care without consent, and medical neglect leading to infection after a miscarriage. Policy shifts since 2021 have increased detention of pregnant and nursing migrants amid renewed deportation efforts.
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