https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/26/ohio-jury-woman-miscarriage-abuse-corpse

"Brittany Watts’s water broke prematurely and she miscarried at home; when she went to the hospital a nurse called the police"

"A grand jury is set to decide whether an Ohio woman who miscarried a nonviable fetus should face criminal consequences.

Brittany Watts, who was reportedly turned into the police after her September miscarriage, has been charged with the fifth-degree felony of “abuse of a corpse” in Trumbull county, Ohio. Her case has been held up as evidence of how easily pregnant people can find themselves in law enforcement’s crosshairs – especially since the overturning of Roe v Wade and amid tightening abortion restrictions in the US.

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If convicted, Watts could spend up to a year behind bars.

In September, Watts showed up at an Ohio hospital with signs that her water had broken prematurely, according to CNN. That condition can make it impossible for a pregnancy to continue and, if left untreated, pregnant people in that condition can slip into deadly sepsis – which has happened in other states post-Roe."

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A woman who had a miscarriage is now charged with abusing a corpse as stricter abortion laws play out nationwide

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/19/us/brittany-watts-miscarriage-criminal-charge/index.html

A Woman in Ohio Miscarried. Now She’s Being Charged With Abusing a Corpse.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/brittany-watts-miscarriage-felony-ohio-anti-abortion-strategy-fetal-personhood.html

She miscarried in her bathroom. Now she’s charged with abuse of a corpse.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/15/ohio-woman-miscarriage-abuse-of-corpse-grand-jury

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