A Prison Pregnancy

Bianca Mercer spent six months pregnant behind bars. How the corrections system failed her, and an ad-hoc group of advocates working on the outside changed her life.

The experience of pregnancy is daunting under any circumstances. For Bianca Mercer, it became a fight for basic dignity inside the walls of the provincial corrections system.

Advocates across the region intervened, highlighting the systemic failures that left incarcerated women without adequate medical care, nutrition, or support systems during one of life's most vulnerable transitions.

This report examines the legal hurdles, the isolation, and the eventual grassroots mobilization that brought the realities of "A Prison Pregnancy" to the public eye.