Pregnant and Presumed Innocent: The Bail Blindspot in Ghanaian Criminal Law
First, mandatory pregnancy screening at the point of remand. Where a court is considering remanding a woman in custody, that is, where bail is being refused, the police or court should be required to offer a pregnancy test before the remand order takes effect, mirroring the screening mechanism Ghana already uses under section 312 for sentencing but moving it to the front end of the process.
Samuela Amma Boakye-Appiah