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Grand jury declines to indict Ohio woman facing charges after she miscarried

Grand jury declines to indict Ohio woman facing charges after she miscarried
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Matei Brancoveanu / 500px / Getty Images(WARREN, Ohio) A grand jury decided Thursday not to indict an Ohio woman on allegations that she mishandled the remains of a fetus after miscarrying her pregnancy at home.

The case had alarmed reproductive rights groups and legal experts who said there is no clear guidance on how to handle an at-home miscarriage and that police and local prosecutors overreached by charging the woman, who is Black, with "abuse of a corpse."

Brittany Watts, 34, of Warren, was arrested last October and pleaded not guilty to the charge. If convicted, she would have faced up to a year in prison. Because the grand jury decided not to indict, the case has been dropped.

Supporters has been planning a rally at the courthouse Thursday at 4:00 p.m. ET, according to local reports.

According to the Trumbull County Coroner s Office, Watts water broke last September when she was 21 weeks and five days pregnant. A fetal heartbeat was pres ....

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