• HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I’m surprised the Alabama legal system isn’t more comfortable with miscarriages. They seem to have had a lot recently

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      8 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.

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        8 months ago

        It’s not conclusive that the cause was drug use. And that really should not matter anyway. It was a miscarriage.