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"The police have said she was culpable because she started the fight that led to the shooting and failed to remove herself from harm’s way." The headline is sh
by badger_bravo 7y ago
"The police have said she was culpable because she started the fight that led to the shooting and failed to remove herself from harm’s way."
The headline is shocking, but I can certainly imagine situations like this in which a negligent parent is responsible for putting their child/fetus at risk. Is there a precedent for a manslaughter charge for something like this?
- lostmsu 7y agoThe headline is clickbait, because it omits the only important detail.
- MyHypatia 7y agoI think the headline is accurate. The fact that the pregnant woman may have started the argument or threatened the person who shot her are certainly important details to how this situation arose. The fact is that the pregnant woman was shot, and was arrested for endangering her fetus. This has a chilling effect on other pregnant women. Sometimes people argue and have heated disagreements. The idea that as a pregnant person you can now be arrested specifically because it endangers the unborn is frightening.
- hirundo 7y ago> The idea that as a pregnant person you can now be arrested specifically because it endangers the unborn is frightening. As of 2015 three states criminalize substance abuse particularly during pregnancy: Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee. https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/maternity-drug-policies-by-state https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/maternity-drug-poli...