▲ 767 ▼ Couples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as children (www.telegraph.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@lemmy.world 194 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 81 points 2 years ago (2 children) Won't be long until Alabama considers miscarriage to be murder. Wait...that actually is already a thing: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544 permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I'm surprised the Alabama legal system isn't more comfortable with miscarriages. They seem to have had a lot recently permalink fedilink source parent [–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) When she arrived at hospital seeking treatment, Poolaw admitted to using illicit drugs while pregnant. So the 'crime' is of causing the death of the foetus through illegal drug use. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago It's not conclusive that the cause was drug use. And that really should not matter anyway. It was a miscarriage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I'm surprised the Alabama legal system isn't more comfortable with miscarriages. They seem to have had a lot recently permalink fedilink source parent
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) When she arrived at hospital seeking treatment, Poolaw admitted to using illicit drugs while pregnant. So the 'crime' is of causing the death of the foetus through illegal drug use. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago It's not conclusive that the cause was drug use. And that really should not matter anyway. It was a miscarriage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago It's not conclusive that the cause was drug use. And that really should not matter anyway. It was a miscarriage. permalink fedilink source parent