• CeeBee@lemmy.world
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    This case shows they’re doing precisely the opposite,” said Roth, who said the abuses Caswell endured were tantamount to “torture”.

    No, it was full-blown torture. There’s no room for interpretation here.

    Women across the country have increasingly been jailed for pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriages and stillbirths.

    Geez. I don’t even know what to say. Miscarriages are way more common than people realize. In fact, it’s possible that miscarriages out number full-term pregnancies. There are so many NORMAL biological factors that could trigger a miscarriage.

    It’s an incredibly complex and nuanced field of biology, and this simplistic mindset of “miscarriage means bad woman” is both disturbing and alarming.

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        Sorry to hear that. We were in a similar situation. It’s rough. My wife still breaks down emotionally on the projected delivery date of the first one we lost. All the what could have beens. 😭

        I do think about it every so often, the only reason I don’t get as emotional is because I have terrible memory for remembering specific dates. Took me almost 10 years to get my wife’s birthday right. Still get it wrong sometimes.

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          A lot of miscarriages happen because something is wrong with the fetus. The “what might have been” would likely have been a lower quality of life than anyone deserves.

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      I’ve never heard of it, but now I’m disturbed and alarmed about the people who hold that opinion.

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      Yeah, but god and Jesus and stuff, let’s punish women because we believe in Bronze Age myths.