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[-] TellusChaosovich@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They arrested an addict whose drug use may have led to a miscarriage, or who may have just had a miscarriage completely unrelated to the drug use, or a mixture of multiple issues.

There is no difference between this and obesity, alcohol, smoking, or poor diet. Obesity has a voluntary aspect to it, and increases your chances of miscarriage. Eating non-nutritious foods, micro plastics, not taking prenatal vitamins can all contribute to miscarriage. Getting into a car accident while voluntarily driving while pregnant, staying with a violent husband who beats you while pregnant... I mean where do you draw the line at making the pregnant woman 100% responsible for anything that happens while she is pregnant?

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 9 months ago

Ideally women are never charged with a crime for seeking or attempting an abortion. That should settle the issue.

[-] JohnDoe@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 9 months ago

It's unfortunate that the solution is as simple as it is and it's not being implemented.

[-] Syndic@feddit.de 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I mean where do you draw the line at making the pregnant woman 100% responsible for anything that happens while she is pregnant?

Oh that's very easy. The line is drawn at being rich and white.

The cruelty against poor and preferably non-white women is the whole point of such laws.

[-] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

I love all the shades of grey that arise when you open a pandora box of biopolitics.

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