cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/6666536
(CNN) — An Ohio woman who had sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN.
Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse of a corpse, Trumbull County court records show.
“Ms. Watts suffered a tragic and dangerous miscarriage that jeopardized her own life. Rather than focusing on healing physically and emotionally, she was arrested and charged with a felony,” her attorney, Traci Timko, told CNN in an email.
“Ms. Watts’ case is pending before the Trumbull County Grand Jury. I have advised her not to speak publicly until the criminal matter has resolved.”
Though a coroner’s office report said the fetus was not viable and had died in the womb, Watts’ case highlights the extent to which prosecutors can charge a woman whose pregnancy has ended – whether by abortion or miscarriage.
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Are you not even reading what’s being said? She was offered an abortion. Multiple times. She eventually agreed……then walked out.
Flushing a fetus is heinous. There doesn’t need to be a victim. There are many victimless crimes that are prosecuted. This deserves to be one.
I’m pro abortion, pro choice. I’m not pro flushing dead fetuses down the toilet.
She wasn’t necessarily “offered”. You make it seem like she was on the operating table and walked out when the doctor entered the room. That’s not what happened.
What is a woman who miscarries into a toilet supposed to do? And what’s so heinous about that? Or, let me rephrase…what is so heinous that we need to punish the woman who had to go through that heinous situation? It just seems like punishing the victim.
She was though. It was recommended to her as the course of action on 3 separate occasions when she went in. She walked out all 3 times, one time while they were prepping for the abortion.
Not attempt to flush it down the toilet. Not try to just throw it away. Call an ambulance. Call the police. Call the fire station. Call anyone.
She wasn’t a victim of anything.