{"id":3252,"date":"2025-06-07T15:18:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/a-west-virginia-prosecutor-is-warning-women-that-a-miscarriage-could-lead-to-criminal-charges\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T15:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:18:30","slug":"a-west-virginia-prosecutor-is-warning-women-that-a-miscarriage-could-lead-to-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/a-west-virginia-prosecutor-is-warning-women-that-a-miscarriage-could-lead-to-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmbjxc5cf001s26qdhszf4nl5@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" 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  Follow            <\/button>            <button class=\"action-bar__button\" data-title=\"share options\">                                <\/button>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbk5q3fs00003b6mrnyomslt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, one West Virginia prosecutor is warning people who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbk91og400063b6m3lk9o9kh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Truman says that although he personally wouldn\u2019t prosecute someone for a miscarriage, he made the suggestion out of an abundance of caution after hearing from other prosecutors.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbk91wth00083b6m7xnoqaca@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Truman even suggests people might want to let local law enforcement know if they\u2019ve have a miscarriage. Several reproductive law experts say people around the country have, indeed, faced charges related to miscarriages \u2014 but they still wouldn\u2019t recommend reaching out to law enforcement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c0004336mi525pexu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Truman says the idea first came up during a chat with other West Virginia prosecutors at a conference several years ago, and it\u2019s been been an ongoing conversation since. The initial conversation was theoretical, since at the time, women in the US still had the constitutional right to an abortion under Roe v. Wade. But some of the prosecutors believed they could charge a person using state laws related to the disposal of human remains.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c0005336m5t3jme78@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI thought these guys were just chewing on a Dreamsicle,\u201d Truman said. But, he added, West Virginia\u2019s legal statutes include definitions that are \u201cpretty broad-ranging.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c0002336mutdkcc26@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The way some<strong> <\/strong>prosecutors may interpret the law means people who miscarry could face criminal charges, including felonies, he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c0006336m8qev8vh6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWhat\u2019s changed is, Roe isn\u2019t there anymore, and so that may embolden prosecutors in some cases,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to say, \u2018be careful.\u2019 \u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbjxcx9n000x336mxdcz86cc@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbjbkgw9004726ql5yte56xj@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP25155527895864.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap25155527895864.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who filed a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience at her studio, Aug. 7, 2024, in Burnet County, Texas.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Eric Gay\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c0007336m5vt4uwp3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Early pregnancy loss is common, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, It happens in about 10 of 100 known pregnancies, often because the embryo isn\u2019t developing properly. And some reproductive law experts say it\u2019s probably not a good idea to call the police when it happens.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c0008336mklsso6a6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIt\u2019s always a mistake to invite law enforcement into your reproductive life,\u201d said Kim Mutcherson, a professor of law at Rutgers Law School who specializes in reproductive justice.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c0009336mfumtztvs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Calling police could prompt an unwanted investigation, she says.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000a336mhywefu1r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIf they then decide, \u2018no, it actually wasn\u2019t a miscarriage, this was somebody who took pills,\u2019 or whatever sort of thing that they want to conjure up, then all of a sudden it goes from \u2018here\u2019s this poor woman who had a miscarriage\u2019 to \u2018here\u2019s a person who we\u2019re going to start to prosecute,\u2019 \u201d Mutcherson said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000b336mw0eknzia@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI understand the idea that caution is better than being caught up in something that you weren\u2019t anticipating, but it is difficult for me to imagine any circumstance in which I would think it was safe for someone who miscarried to call the police,\u201d she added.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbl418eh00003b6mgzgehucm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Kristyn Brandi, an ob\/gyn in New Jersey and fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said hospitals have processes around tissue from miscarriage \u2014 for example, sending it for further testing, disposing of it as medical waste or sending it to a a funeral home, depending on a patient\u2019s desires.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbl42c2s00043b6mi06ek86w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cBut in the real world, there\u2019s no set process,\u201d Brandi said. Patients may pass tissue and dispose of it in the garbage or toilet. Rarely, people will provide tissue for further testing. Their doctor may be able to answer questions, or Brandi said they can reach the M&amp;A hotline, which supports people experiencing miscarriage or abortion.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbl42hy400063b6mz0yzkrg7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cBy having people report their miscarriages and possibly collect tissue, it is disrupting a process that honestly has been happening for thousands of years,\u201d Brandi said. \u201cThere is nothing in pregnancy tissue that can determine it was a miscarriage or an abortion in a formal investigation.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbjxd8r1000z336m5vp7i0ri@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbgzvax7002f26p830c0e5r4@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP25150712533925.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap25150712533925.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">The previous EMTALA guidance does not &#8220;reflect the policy&#8221; of the Trump administration, a statement says.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Jacquelyn Martin\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Trump administration rolls back guidance specifying that ERs must offer abortion care when necessary<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000c336mj7e9najr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Abortion is illegal in West Virginia, but there are exceptions in the case of a medical emergency or a nonviable pregnancy, or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000d336mzltljtd5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kulsoom Ijaz, senior policy counsel with Pregnancy Justice, a nonprofit focused on the civil and human rights of pregnant people, said she doesn\u2019t believe there is anything in West Virginia law that criminalizes miscarriage.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000e336mxeal0m4x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI think the law is pretty clear,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing in the law that says someone can be charged with a crime in connection to their pregnancy loss or their conduct during pregnancy, or for how they respond to that pregnancy loss or miscarriage or stillbirth.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000f336mamgk3z0g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The fractured landscape of reproductive rights that came about in the wake of the Dobbs decision, the US Supreme Court ruling that revoked the federal right to an abortion, has increased the risk that a pregnant person can face criminal prosecution for a variety of reasons, not just a miscarriage, according to a report from Ijaz\u2019s organization.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000g336mwvtn4c7z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Between June 2022 \u2013 when Dobbs was handed down \u2013 and June 2023, there were more than 200 cases in the US in which a pregnant person faced criminal charges for conduct associated with pregnancy, pregnancy loss or birth, according to Pregnancy Justice. The number is most likely an undercount, Ijaz said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxxs7j000h3b6m0c3tnjkm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In West Virginia, there were at least three cases related to pregnancy prosecutions. In one, the state\u2019s Supreme Court found that the state could not levy criminal child abuse charges against someone for their prenatal conduct, which included substance use during pregnancy.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000h336mv2c1ryvm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Even with the strict abortion ban in place, Ijaz said, \u201cthere are still protections for pregnant people.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbjxdkbs0011336mrzpoklhv@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/clon7vcha00k1g7p8hayqbma5@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"20241219-abortion-map-card___exlargetease.png\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5624718764061797\" data-original-height=\"3750\" data-original-width=\"6667\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/20241219-abortion-map-card-exlargetease-20250211203440487.png?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\"><\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">CNN<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">See where abortions are banned and legal \u2014 and where it\u2019s still in limbo<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000i336mv2ovun6g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In states like Alabama that have fetal personhood laws that give fertilized eggs, embryos and a fetus the \u201csame rights as you and I,\u201d Ijaz said, it\u2019s a little different. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen people get prosecuted and face decades of incarceration for substance use during pregnancy, because that fetus that they\u2019re carrying is seen as a child,\u201d she said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxkqj40002336mqargbub5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Last year in Ohio, a woman who had a miscarriage at home was charged with a felony on the advice of the Warren City Prosecutor\u2019s Office, but a grand jury dismissed the case.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjy0vp7000k3b6mox20ahpg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Ijaz said that she doesn\u2019t think there is an appetite for these kind of cases among the public but that no matter where someone lives, inviting the law into their life right after a miscarriage is ill-advised.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000l336m6gnsu973@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The legal landscape for reproductive justice \u201cseems to almost be changing on a daily basis\u201d \u2013 and generally not in favorable ways for pregnant people, said Brittany Fonteno, CEO of the National Abortion Federation, a professional association for abortion providers.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000m336m3t2wolgf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe laws, the rhetoric, the culture in which we are living in within the US has become so incredibly hostile to people who experience pregnancy,\u201d she said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000n336m9wi41vo5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI think that the intersection of health care and criminalization is an incredibly dangerous path,\u201d Fonteno added. \u201cAs a country, we should be supporting people and their ability to access the health care that they need, rather than conducting intrusive and traumatic investigations into their reproductive lives.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbjxdver0013336m51t2eivd@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/thumbnail-41e0ce16e817976ca43502ec469234fa@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"mississippi abortion lead\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5626666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1688\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/190524162852-mississippi-abortion-lead.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1688,x_0,y_0,c_fill\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">An abortion rights advocate holds signage at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., voicing her opposition to state legislatures passing abortion bans that prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The rally in Jackson was one of many around the country to protest abortion restrictions that states are enacting. (AP Photo\/Rogelio V. Solis)<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Rogelio V. Solis\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Abortion Fast Facts<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000o336mvdp58bjd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Fonteno recommends that people who experience pregnancy loss reach out to a qualified medical professional rather than law enforcement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000p336mxxwysnm1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWhile we are living in a very different country than we were pre-Dobbs, I believe still that this is an individual experience and a health care decision,\u201d she said. \u201cMost providers believe that as well.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000q336mdo5kv6z7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Mutcherson also says that the reproductive justice landscape in the US is \u201cscary\u201d for people who are pregnant, who want to get pregnant or who have bad pregnancy outcomes. If there\u2019s any silver lining to the discussion about criminalizing miscarriage, she said, it\u2019s that it\u2019s good for people to know that such things can happen.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbjxcb4c000r336mqe6674bn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWomen have been criminalized for their pregnancies for decades, frankly, so to the extent that there is a wider and broader conversation about what it means to treat an embryo or a fetus as a person, and the ways in which that diminishes the personhood of somebody who was pregnant, that is in fact a valuable thing, right?\u201d Mutcherson said. \u201cMaybe this is actually going to bring us to a better space.\u201d    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maternal health Women&#8217;s health Abortion rights See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}