A lab test that experts liken to a witch trial is helping send women to prison for murder
The 'lung float' test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable.
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The 'lung float' test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable.
The U.S. has not prioritized stillbirth prevention, and American parents are losing babies even as other countries make larger strides to reduce deaths late in pregnancy.Inside the medical examiner’s office, two pathologists removed a baby’s lungs from his chest, clamped them together and placed the...
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.