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Woman gets shot and miscarries.... gets charged with manslaughter.
All I have to say is.... what is going on in Talabamastan, err I mean Alabama?!
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/u...hae-jones.html
I am paraphrasing here, but from witness accounts and reports that I gleamed from various articles she was accused of being reckless by “starting an argument with someone that she knew was a hothead and likely to be packing heat.”
It's a real slippery slope. The issue is that in red states that have now placed more importance on the fetus than the woman carrying it, I fear that law enforcement is going to use the term “reckless” to try and find women criminally liable if they miscarry.
Three hypothetical examples:
1. A pregnant woman is traveling down a main road going 50 in a 45…. Like every other car to keep up with traffic flow. Along the way she is hit by a red light runner. She survives, but she miscarries. A local prosecutor finds out she was “speeding” and decides that despite being *hit by a red light runner* decides to charge her for being “reckless.”
2. A doctor shows a pregnant woman a pamphlet by a "parenting expert" listing foods she might want to avoid while pregnant. Doesn’t say you can’t eat them. One of the foods listed is sushi. One day during her pregnancy, she forgets that sushi was one of the items on the list and goes to a sushi place. Her fetus has an adverse reaction and she miscarries. Just because of a suggestion on a damn pamphlet, a prosecutor decides that’s enough to charge her for being “reckless.”
3. A pregnant woman decides to go for a walk along her local street. During her walk she checks a text she gets and is distracted long enough to not notice a crack in the sidewalk and takes a tumble. Sadly the trauma causes her to miscarry. A local prosecutor says that “she should know better than go for a walk like that while pregnant” and feels she was being “reckless" and charges her.
Now, in the “blue” counties like the ones in Georgia – as promised by prosecutors that serve those areas – it’s unlikely this will happen. But in the “red” areas I have the sad feeling those hypothetical’s might become real.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/u...hae-jones.html
I am paraphrasing here, but from witness accounts and reports that I gleamed from various articles she was accused of being reckless by “starting an argument with someone that she knew was a hothead and likely to be packing heat.”
It's a real slippery slope. The issue is that in red states that have now placed more importance on the fetus than the woman carrying it, I fear that law enforcement is going to use the term “reckless” to try and find women criminally liable if they miscarry.
Three hypothetical examples:
1. A pregnant woman is traveling down a main road going 50 in a 45…. Like every other car to keep up with traffic flow. Along the way she is hit by a red light runner. She survives, but she miscarries. A local prosecutor finds out she was “speeding” and decides that despite being *hit by a red light runner* decides to charge her for being “reckless.”
2. A doctor shows a pregnant woman a pamphlet by a "parenting expert" listing foods she might want to avoid while pregnant. Doesn’t say you can’t eat them. One of the foods listed is sushi. One day during her pregnancy, she forgets that sushi was one of the items on the list and goes to a sushi place. Her fetus has an adverse reaction and she miscarries. Just because of a suggestion on a damn pamphlet, a prosecutor decides that’s enough to charge her for being “reckless.”
3. A pregnant woman decides to go for a walk along her local street. During her walk she checks a text she gets and is distracted long enough to not notice a crack in the sidewalk and takes a tumble. Sadly the trauma causes her to miscarry. A local prosecutor says that “she should know better than go for a walk like that while pregnant” and feels she was being “reckless" and charges her.
Now, in the “blue” counties like the ones in Georgia – as promised by prosecutors that serve those areas – it’s unlikely this will happen. But in the “red” areas I have the sad feeling those hypothetical’s might become real.
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