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It's something that I've always worried about, but these new abortion laws do make the surveillance state a lot more powerful against women. Something like a st
by Miner49er 4y ago
It's something that I've always worried about, but these new abortion laws do make the surveillance state a lot more powerful against women. Something like a stillbirth can now easily lead to a woman having all of her data searched through and anything in there that makes it look like an abortion happened can result in decades in prison.
I'm struggling to think of a law that had the same effect on as many people as before.
- tssva 4y agoWomen who have had stillbirths were already subject to this type of investigation and many women, especially those of color and/or lower economic status, have been charged with homicide or manslaughter following stillbirths based upon little to no evidence of them doing anything to cause the stillbirth.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Something like a stillbirth can now easily lead to a woman having all of her data searched through and anything in there that makes it look like an abortion happened can result in decades in prison. Because things that are not procured abortions were not protected by Roe even when it was in place, places with fetal homicide laws while Roe was in place have, in fact, investigated and, though far less often, sometimes charged miscarriages/stillbirths as homicides, usually of types involving recklessness or criminal negligence, not intent-to-kill.