Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoCouples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as childrenwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1775arrow-down19
arrow-up1766arrow-down1external-linkCouples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as childrenwww.telegraph.co.ukLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square197fedilink
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up82arrow-down1·4 months agoWon’t be long until Alabama considers miscarriage to be murder. Wait…that actually is already a thing: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544
minus-squareHauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoI’m surprised the Alabama legal system isn’t more comfortable with miscarriages. They seem to have had a lot recently
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months ago When she arrived at hospital seeking treatment, Poolaw admitted to using illicit drugs while pregnant. So the ‘crime’ is of causing the death of the foetus through illegal drug use.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIt’s not conclusive that the cause was drug use. And that really should not matter anyway. It was a miscarriage.
Won’t be long until Alabama considers miscarriage to be murder. Wait…that actually is already a thing:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544
I’m surprised the Alabama legal system isn’t more comfortable with miscarriages. They seem to have had a lot recently
So the ‘crime’ is of causing the death of the foetus through illegal drug use.
It’s not conclusive that the cause was drug use. And that really should not matter anyway. It was a miscarriage.