A national advocacy group for pregnant women is speaking out against the prison sentencing of a 21-year-old Oklahoma woman after she had a miscarriage.
The National Advocates for Pregnant Women said Monday that there was no evidence the methamphetamine caused the miscarriage. The group also said the state’s murder and manslaughter laws don’t apply to those who have aIn this case, the medical examiner’s report showed that the fetus was 15-17 weeks old, which means it wouldn’t have been able to survive outside of the womb yet, the group said.
“This prosecution went forward against somebody who had a pregnancy loss before the fetus was considered viable,” Lynn Paltrow, executive director of the group, told the AP. “In this case, you not only have a miscarriage rather than a stillbirth early in pregnancy, but the medical examiner’s report doesn’t even claim thatCases against women who lose their pregnancies have become more common in recent years, the AP reported. Between 2006 and 2020, there were about 1,250 criminal cases, as compared with 413 criminal prosecutions between 1973 and 2005.
“We’re looking at three times as many cases in less than half the period of time,” Dana Sussman, deputy executive director of the advocacy group, told the news outlet.WebMD Health News Brief© 2021 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.
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