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Woman charged with felony for having a stillbirth
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Anonymous
Only the judge and DA should attempt to deliver babies because they--according to themselves--are experts. |
Anonymous
You are so narcissistic that you can’t fathom that 1. Many other people HAVE unfortunately seen a 20+ week old stillborn fetus and that 2. Many of them don’t look like a perfect “tiny little baby.” Some of them have severe problems like body stalk anomalies, where the abdominal organs are outside the body, and what’s left of that body might not even look human. You think someone who is suffering terribly should be legally required to fish those intestines and other organs out of a toilet full of waste, blood, and largely unidentifiable parts? It would only follow that she must remove everything solid from the toilet so that it can be identified and disposed of “properly.” Wouldn’t want a stray kidney flushed when we can force a woman to look for it in a bowl full of feces. |
Anonymous
I can guarantee that I have seen more deliveries at 20-22 weeks than you have, and I have a better sense of the very wide range of size, appearance, and intactness. |
Anonymous
Actually— and surprisingly— I get the judge’s actions in this case, because, as I read it, he’s pointing out that he’s NOT an expert in these matters. The activist prosecutor, though, is troublesome.n |
Anonymous
The Grand Jury won’t be experts either, though. |
Anonymous
Expect more of this from the forced birthers if the GOP is not utterly destroyed. |
Anonymous
Like everything on this topic, it depends on how many weeks along you are. If it's pretty early, they will give you the option of a drug that induces labor, you go home and pass the fetus. If you are farther along, you have to deliver the baby in a hospital. I've done both. |
Anonymous
True, but I believe they have the opportunity to call in experts for consultation. Please correct me if I’m wrong about this though. I also have no idea if they HAVE to call in experts. |
Anonymous
| Any updates on a GoFundMe or another way to donate to her cause? |
Anonymous
They should deliver the baby so you don't deliver it yourself at home all alone. It's called a late term abortion but looney people. |
Anonymous
Well we don't know if the baby was growing past the time it was non-viable. |
Anonymous
Yes, and I have seen earlier and later gestational age deliveries, and my point was that there is a range at each level. Even if we knew that the fetus stopped developing at, say 19 weeks and 4 days (the precision is ludicrous, but for example), you wouldn't know exactly what that means for appearance and function. There is a wide range, and though you can use estimators (like the Ballard Exam at 26+ weeks), there is a range for every characteristic. I reject the perspective that "you and so many like you have never ever seen a fetus that has gestated beyond 20 weeks. It's not a glob of cells. It is a tiny little baby. It is something you cannot comprehend because you have not seen it or been through it. I delivered a 20 week fetus ..." That PP suffered a tragic event, and my heart goes out to her. It also does not mean that she can extrapolate to say she knows what that would be like in a different context -- she knows her own experience, but there is a wide range around and beyond that, even at a similar gestational age. Not to mention all the other variables about viability and potential growth problems. |
Anonymous
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Please consider donating to her gofundme, for legal fees and - to repair the bathroom that the authorities destroyed.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-brittany-watts |
Anonymous
thank you for posting this! |
Anonymous
I find it amazing that people are willing to donate to the gofundme when we don’t have all the facts in the case. This could go 10,000 different ways. |