Brittany Watts, 33, was charged after police searched her toilet following her miscarriage in September.

Brittany Watts, 33, was charged after police searched her toilet following her miscarriage in September.

A Black woman in Ohio has been charged with a felony for abuse of a corpse after she miscarried into her toilet, according to a criminal complaint, and reproductive rights experts are warning that it could set a dangerous precedent if she is convicted.

The attorney for Brittany Watts and a campaign organized on her behalf called the charges against her unjust, saying they feared the case could open the door to similar prosecutions and lawsuits over miscarriages nationwide.

Just hours after Watts, 33, was admitted to a hospital for a life-threatening hemorrhage after she miscarried in her bathroom Sep. 22, police removed her toilet from her home and searched it for fetal remains, according to a GoFundMe set up to fund her legal expenses and home repairs.

“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 and is fighting for her freedom and reputation,” her attorney, Traci Timko, said in a statement.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Thank you! I had not seen this anywhere else and it explains much.

    I’m not lying, bullshitting or trying to condone abortion law. I simply hadn’t seen anything tying this case to law.

    God forbid I said that out loud and asked honest questions. I know how to play for upvotes, 11-years on reddit taught me to play users like a fiddle. Thought around here we might discuss things, but of course not, toe the party line or get the fuck out.

    Again, thanks for the more in depth material. Your attitude needs fucking work though.

    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      I had not seen this anywhere else and it explains much.

      Well, that’s another big fat lie, because you’ve been posting the same horseshit on multiple Brittany Watts articles, refusing to read the articles themselves (which I linked in my last comment and you now claim you’ve never seen) and carrying on despite others telling you each time you’re just flatly wrong:

      https://lemmy.world/comment/6144450
      https://lemmy.world/comment/6144680
      https://lemmy.world/comment/6144553
      https://lemmy.world/comment/6144686

      That’s not counting the multiple comments you made in this thread alone.

      https://lemmy.world/comment/6213339
      https://lemmy.world/comment/6214203

      Your attitude needs fucking work though.

      No, it really doesn’t. How many separate threads do others need to wade through your bullshit before it’s appropriate to call you out on it?

      The links I provided above were from separate Lemmy threads that you participated in, all saying the same thing, repeatedly. I just linked them above from your post history.

      That’s multiple occasions you had all along to

      1. read the fucking article instead of sealioning for unnecessary additional sources, and

      2. get your fucking facts right, and

      3. stop fucking with commenters who genuinely care about the criminalization of women’s healthcare by repeatedly trying to turn related discussions into victim blamefests.

      In each instance, commenters corrected you, but you kept spouting your bullshit unhindered.

      So tell me, Shalafi, how much of your bullshit do others need to wade through silently before calling you out on your lazy, dishonest, willfully WRONG statements?

      I love my attitude, it’s the right one to have as human being, and I’ll keep enjoying it with pride, thanks.

      Merry Christmas.