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orangecrush

(19,655 posts) Fri Dec 22, 2023, 04:40 PM Dec 2023

A Black woman in Ohio was charged after miscarrying in her bathroom. Experts warn of the dangerous precedent. [View all]

Source: NBC NEWS

A Black woman in Ohio has been charged with a felony for abuse of a corpse after she miscarried into her toilet, according to a criminal complaint, and reproductive rights experts are warning that it could set a dangerous precedent if she is convicted.

The attorney for Brittany Watts and a campaign organized on her behalf called the charges against her unjust, saying they feared the case could open the door to similar prosecutions and lawsuits over miscarriages nationwide.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-woman-ohio-was-charged-miscarrying-bathroom-experts-warn-dangero-rcna130649

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A Black woman in Ohio was charged after miscarrying in her bathroom. Experts warn of the dangerous precedent. [View all] orangecrush Dec 2023 OP

Ah, jeez! Bayard Dec 2023 #1

There were efforts in the past to place SharonClark Dec 2023 #2

It was a nurse who attended her in the hospital. tblue37 Dec 2023 #3

So the leftist scare stories are coming true? Valdosta Dec 2023 #4

Many years ago, radical noodle Dec 2023 #5

Me too, although only about 7 weeks. But I didn't have to marybourg Dec 2023 #11

if they do not allow medical abortions. then we get to do what the fuck want w/ what with what comes out. pansypoo53219 Dec 2023 #6

Have it in the kitchen MuseRider Dec 2023 #15

This is perverse and unspeakably cruel. What is the correct way to handle a miscarriage in their view? mahina Dec 2023 #7

It's at almost $193K. sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #8

Yes. Kyle Rittenhouse cleared something over $500,000 if you can imagine that. mahina Dec 2023 #12

I think some people got emotional when it clogged the toilet. JohnnyRingo Dec 2023 #9

The system has used pregnancy criminalization for decades to hurt marginalized people. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #10

Just when you think it can't get any Effing weirder SouthernDem4ever Dec 2023 #13

My wife miscarried her first pregnancy. (very early) Chainfire Dec 2023 #14

A similar case lead to an interesting precedent... marshall Dec 2023 #16