Lee Duna to NewsEnglish • 1 year agoCouples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as childrenwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down19
arrow-up1768arrow-down1external-linkCouples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as childrenwww.telegraph.co.ukLee Duna to NewsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square195fedilink
minus-squareSeaJlinkfedilink81•1 year 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-square@HauntedCupcakelink7•1 year agoI’m surprised the Alabama legal system isn’t more comfortable with miscarriages. They seem to have had a lot recently
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year 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-squareSeaJlinkfedilink4•1 year 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.