A woman who had a miscarriage is now charged with abusing a corpse as stricter abortion laws play out nationwide
A woman who had a miscarriage is now charged with abusing a corpse as stricter abortion laws play out nationwide
An Ohio woman who’d sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN.
An Ohio woman who had sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN.
Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse of a corpse, Trumbull County court records show.
“Ms. Watts suffered a tragic and dangerous miscarriage that jeopardized her own life. Rather than focusing on healing physically and emotionally, she was arrested and charged with a felony,” her attorney, Traci Timko, told CNN in an email.
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Though a coroner’s office report said the fetus was not viable and had died in the womb, Watts’ case highlights the extent to which prosecutors can charge a woman whose pregnancy has ended – whether by abortion or miscarriage.
Every woman in Ohio should call the coroner to report their monthly discharge, just in case
No! That’s what they want!
Mail it to them for autopsy just in case
No, everyone in Ohio should rise the fuck up and stop this stupidity.
This is what the “pro-life” movement is all about. Punishing women
A huge percentage of pregnancies end in miscarriage, very often before the woman even knows she was pregnant. This is the same. She should have to take special care of the mass her body rejected just because it was in there a little longer? What's the cutoff for having to report that you had a miscarriage, then? Every period? Every time you have a period that's a week or two late, because that is reasonably likely to have been a miscarriage?
This was a non-viable fetus. It was never going to be a person. It's not a corpse.
More and more, we see direct evidence as to why Roe vs Wade was necessary.
Because rabid birthers will do anything to punish women who don’t give birth.
Ohio continuing its slow march onto the list of places I won’t travel to anymore. I’ve stopped voluntarily traveling (and spending money in) states I find politically abhorrent, and it feels great. Texas made the list last year, and Florida this year. Cancelled our FL vacation and decided to go to California instead.
The real fucked up part of this is Ohioans just voted to codify abortion and reproductive rights into the state constitution. This is just some assholes trying to find ways around that amendment.
Tangential, but I feel similarly and one of my bucket list items is a motorcycle trip across the country. At this point, do I just ride up to Canada, cross back over around New York? Or down to Tijuana, ride over until I hit ocean and swim around to Jersey? Serious question, should I pack mittens or water wings?
Too bad medical science can't invent a killer virus that takes out right wing fundamentalists with pinpoint accuracy.
They did a decent job on their own thinning their numbers with Covid.
Who the hell would want to get pregnant in the US at this point?
People who think politics doesn't affect them.
The laaaaaaaaand of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
She's black so the point is it's supposed to be ok.
I wish I was joking.
Wtf....
Conservatives are fascists.
Why are people still surprised at how cruel they will be?
The hospital staff notified the Warren Police Department, which responded to Watts’ home, the coroner’s office report says.
CNN reached out to the hospital for comment about why staff notified police. Maureen Richmond, vice president of integrated communications at Mercy Health – a Catholic health care system that includes St. Joseph Warren Hospital – sent the following statement to CNN:
“The safety and security of every patient who comes to us for care is our highest priority. Out of respect for patient privacy, we will not discuss individual specifics of care.
Except when it comes to snitching on people.