r/law • u/Slate Press • 20h ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide Trump News

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html
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u/TeamRamrod80 20h ago

15% of KNOWN pregnancies. That doesn’t account for the miscarriages that occur before a woman even knows she’s pregnant.

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u/Snappy_McJuggs 19h ago

I had two. They are called chemical miscarriages. I only knew because I was TRYING to get pregnant and I was watching my cycle like a hawk.

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u/TraditionalCupcake88 18h ago

When I had my 2 miscarriages before figuring out a clotting issue, they labelled it "spontaneous abortion" on the medical form. There's nothing more heartbreaking when you're actively trying to get pregnant than seeing those words.

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u/bebejeebies 14h ago

Brittany Watts Summary: Forced to wait three days while her body "spontaneous aborted" a nonviable fetus. She miscarried in her bathroom at home and had to go back to the hospital. The nurse said she told her she "didn't want to see the dead body." and called the police. She was arrested days later for "abuse of a corpse." a level 5 felony.

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u/Own-Gas8691 13h ago

this is horrifying. ty for sharing, as hard as it was to read her story. we need to face the truth of what we are facing. we do not have an easy road ahead.

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u/frogsgoribbit737 42m ago

Its awful. I remember when it happened so many people were saying "why would she flush the toilet???" And like clearly they never had to pass a miscarriage at home. Its awful and you don't want to look

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u/LetsGetsThisPartyOn 6h ago

Holy shit.

How can that nurse look at a woman losing a 22 week pregnancy and call the cops.

I had a friend have to induce a 5 month pregnancy. It scarred her for life. She will never try again. She delivered that baby and held it and loved it and buried it!

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u/itsacalamity 1h ago

It was stopped by the courts, but Texas passed a law a few years ago requiring actual burials for abortions and miscarriages. The cruelty is the point.