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

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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@lemmy.world 2 points 10 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)...