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.