Showing posts with label stillbirth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stillbirth. Show all posts
Friday, September 2, 2022
These women were prosecuted for drugs after miscarriages, still births - The Washington Post
Experts say drug use is rarely the cause of miscarriage or still birth, but prosecution of women who test positive for drugs still happens — and could get more common in the wake of the Dobbs decision
Friday, August 9, 2019
In anti-abortion El Salvador, woman faces second homicide trial after stillborn birth - NBC News
Some 147 women were sentenced up to 40 years in prison after they gave birth to stillborn babies or their babies died during delivery between 2000 and 2014.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/anti-abortion-el-salvador-woman-faces-second-homicide-trial-after-n1038726
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/anti-abortion-el-salvador-woman-faces-second-homicide-trial-after-n1038726
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
I Was Forced to Carry an Unviable Fetus to Term. This Is My Diary - VICE
When doctors told Claire Cullen-Delson that her pregnancy wasn't viable due to a chromosomal disorder, she requested a termination—but was denied it under Ireland's abortion laws. She documented her experiences in a diary, which she shares here. ....
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/3kjgzb/ireland-abortion-fatal-fetal-abnormality
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/3kjgzb/ireland-abortion-fatal-fetal-abnormality
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Woman Imprisoned Over a Decade for Miscarriage Freed in Country With World's Most Draconian Abortion Laws - Newsweek
Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín had spent 15 years in a Salvadoran prison after having a stillbirth. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/woman-imprisoned-over-decade-miscarriage-freed-country-worlds-most-draconian-843468
http://www.newsweek.com/woman-imprisoned-over-decade-miscarriage-freed-country-worlds-most-draconian-843468
Monday, December 18, 2017
This Woman Has Been In Prison For 10 Years For A Stillbirth, & Her Story Will Infuriate You -- Romper
Suffering a miscarriage or a stillbirth can be one of the most traumatic experiences of a woman's life. The prospect of being publicly vilified for such a heartbreaking outcome, even prosecuted for it, is largely unfathomable in its cruelty ....
https://www.romper.com/p/this-woman-has-been-in-prison-for-10-years-for-a-stillbirth-a-court-just-ruled-to-keep-her-there-7608405
https://www.romper.com/p/this-woman-has-been-in-prison-for-10-years-for-a-stillbirth-a-court-just-ruled-to-keep-her-there-7608405
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Kentucky's 20-week abortion ban: A ticking clock on a complex pregnancy -- CNN
Complications emerged in a Kentucky couple's pregnancy as a new law there banned abortions at 20 weeks. They had to decide: Schedule an abortion, or wait for a miscarriage. ....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/health/kentucky-abortion-20-week-ban/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/health/kentucky-abortion-20-week-ban/index.html
Why this couple is telling the world about their stillborn daughter -- CNN
A Kentucky couple who experienced complications during pregnancy explains how the state's most recent abortion legislation prevents women from making "informed decisions." ....
http://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2017/12/02/kentucky-abortion-senate-bill-5-yp-orig.cnn
http://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2017/12/02/kentucky-abortion-senate-bill-5-yp-orig.cnn
Saturday, July 15, 2017
El Salvador teen rape victim sentenced to 30 years in prison after stillbirth -- the guardian
A high school student was convicted on the grounds that failing to seek antenatal care amounted to murder, after giving birth in a bathroom in 2016 ...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/06/el-salvador-teen-rape-victim-sentenced-30-years-prison-stillbirth
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/06/el-salvador-teen-rape-victim-sentenced-30-years-prison-stillbirth
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