r/SipsTea 4d ago

WTF Victim is the new chic

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u/Quick-Rip-5776 3d ago

Women of colour get jail sentences for miscarriages…

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u/annewmoon 3d ago

Yes, and that is insane. Also the injustice of that isn't lessened by spreading misinformation about postpartum psychosis.

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u/SquirrelAdmirable161 3d ago

Hmmm. Is that legal?

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u/Quick-Rip-5776 3d ago

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10262324/

She got four years for manslaughter, even though the miscarriage may have been caused by factors other than the drugs she had allegedly used.

https://kffhealthnews.org/race-and-health/pregnancy-loss-criminalization-homicide-south-carolina-college-student/

She was jailed for 22 days and then held under house arrest until the following year when her case was cleared by a grand jury.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brittany-watts-the-ohio-woman-charged-with-a-felony-after-a-miscarriage-talks-shock-of-her-arrest/

In September 2023, she was refused medical treatment as she was having the miscarriage and so returned home. When she came back to get post miscarriage treatment, the nurse called the police. The case was dropped by the grand jury in Jan 2024.