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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read the other day about a woman in one of the southern states (Texas?) prosecuted for a miscarriage, based on accusations that she deliberately caused it. Need to ind the link. She was sentenced to jail, spent 2 years but has had her sentence overturned but the prosecutor is threatening to go after her again. [/quote]

Here’s the link. It was Nevada

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/abortion-law-nevada-arrest-miscarriage/[/quote]

Not the best example, there were a lot of problems with that situation, including the pregnant woman. She was in the third trimester, smoking meth. Everyone involved in that case is awful.[/quote]

The reality is this is reality for many women. They get desperate. They do desperate things. This is why abortion should be safe and legal. Because there will always be desperate women who do desperate things. You'll never legislate that away. Especially not with Republicans in control - they create more desperation for people on the lower rungs of society. Always have, always will.[/quote]

Did you even read the entire article to hear about this woman? She shouldn’t have even had custody of the children she already had. It was so sad for those children. And after all this, she’s had ANOTHER kid.

She is not the example you think she should be and her situation doesn’t help the pro choice cause. What her situation does show is how badly her community failed her and how she keeps failing herself. When she went to jail, her children were left with the crazy meth head older man in his trailer. WTAF.

The better WaPo story was the one about the teenage mom in Idaho who can’t make her own medical decisions bc of new Idaho laws. Not this one. [/quote]

Once again - WHY do you want to force a woman like that to bear a child she doesn't want??? It doesn't make sense. She is a perfect example of why abortion should be legal and safe. Don't force women on the edge to go through with an unwanted pregnancy they can't handle and that will send them over the edge and their children to foster care.[/quote]

In the third trimester? And her children should have already been in foster care. Did you even read the article?[/quote]

She should have had one earlier. What were the barriers to her getting one? She had no car and the closest clinic was 2.5 hours away. In the end she didn’t get an abortion, she had a miscarriage. You can claim it was self induced but that is impossible to prove and at any rate there was no proof of how far along she was. She should never have been prosecuted. She needed help. [/quote]

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