Ohio woman who miscarried at home won't face charge for corpse abuse
Brittany Watts’ case sparked a national firestorm over legal risks pregnant women face as U.S. states hash out new laws governing reproductive health care access.
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Brittany Watts’ case sparked a national firestorm over legal risks pregnant women face as U.S. states hash out new laws governing reproductive health care access.
The Ohio woman was charged with ‘abuse of a corpse' following her miscarriage.
An Ohio woman who miscarried on a home toilet and then left will not be criminally charged for her handling of a home miscarriage. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office says that a grand jury declined to charge 34-year-old Brittany Watts with felony corpse abuse on Thursday. Watts’ case sparked a national firestorm over the legal risks pregnant women face as states across the country hash out new laws governing reproductive health care access. Police said Watts miscarried, flushed and scooped out the toilet, then left the house — leaving her 22-week-old fetus lodged in the pipes. Watts...
An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday.
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