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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Ohio Woman Who Miscarried at Home (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe. There's loopholes for risks to safety and those loopholes depend on discretion which was seriously lacking in this case. I think it would be unlikely to be successful against a judge, but I also don't think it would be dismissed before trial and I wouldn't want to risk a jury trial if I was a hospital.

[–] grue 2 points 5 months ago

I'd say that the risks to her safety from them siccing the police on her far outweigh the risks to her safety from hemorrhaging. But hey, what do I know? I only have just as much medical training as the dipshit municipal court judge who decided to move forward with charges (which is to say, fuck-all)...