Saturday, October 14, 2023

An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower | Alabama | The Guardian

In October, when her water broke and she pleaded to be taken to a hospital, her lawyer says, officials told her to "sleep it off" and "wait until Monday" to deliver – two days away. 

During nearly 12 hours of labor, staff gave her only Tylenol for her pain, the suit says, allegedly telling her to "stop screaming", to "deal with the pain" and that she was "not in full labor". Caswell lost amniotic fluid and blood and was alone and standing up in a jail shower when she ultimately delivered her child, according to the complaint and her medical records. She nearly bled to death, her lawyers say...

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