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Reproductive health care for incarcerated women in the United States
Reproductive health care is the means where any process of someone getting medical, surgical, or counseling referral services related to human reproductive systems. Health services are provided to incarcerated individuals, but many go without them. Correctional facilities are required to provide these health services. In other terms, these services are called correctional medicine, which includes reproductive health. Women can use these resources when going through pregnancies or any health risk they face with their reproductive system. For example, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, to high-risk pregnancies.

Estelle v. Gamble
In 1976 the U.S. Supreme Court Case Estelle v. Gamble became a pivotal case for incarcerated individuals. It gave then their constitutional right to medical care. But, there was no clear standard that they would go by which in established substantial variability in access to and quality of care provided at correctional facilities. An incarcerated person would experience inadequate medical services since the system would fail to acknowledge or respond. One would be to be label to have a serious medical needs to obtain service.

Todaro v. Ward
Then in 1977, Todaro v. Ward, was the first case that brought by women to challenged the adequacy of medical care delivered to women's prison. Plaintiff claimed that the excision of the women's prison was not met and violated their rights. This case used the "deliberate indifference" standard and "constitutionally infirm". The case brought out the truth on the lobby clinic at the women's prison and there were derisory delays being made by the physicians. In addition, to the records being poorly kept and routined procedures were obstructed with scheduling follow-ups.

Brown v. Beck
Little after, in 1980, there was the Brown v. Beck case. Issues were arising in this case about various violations of people's constitutional rights of pre-trail detainees. Specially, their medical care and health programs given to jail inmates. How medical care was only given if the situation was given reasonable cause.

Pregnancy and prenatal care
Bureau of Justice reported that four percent of women were pregnant while in state prison, then there were three percent in federal prison.