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Y'all, she refused medical treatment, twice. Abortion law was never on the table. This story omits those facts, others do not. I've read three stories about this case, and this one happily skips over a few pertinent details. And I'm always happy to be proven wrong, have a chance to learn.
This was a women under extreme stress who made a few bad choices. And no, there should have been no charges given the circumstances. But at no point was she refused an abortion, and at no point were doctors considering the law.
This sad tale was nothing like what happened to the woman in Texas.
There was a well publicized case where a raped 10 year old in Ohio had to leave the state for an abortion. Of course she would not seek an abortion, it was well documented they were not available in Ohio.
How do you know she refused treatment? It sounds like she wanted treatment and wasn't given it.
You keep repeating this on multiple related posts, without sources, when every single account I have read says she was in and out of the hospital miscarrying before she finally did at home, and then went back to the hospital afterward, where she was inpatient for days. She left the hospital because she wasn't getting any help; they were all stuck on the new law while her body was unable to expel the fetus quickly. They did NOT offer her any abortion or assistance with moving the miscarriage along at all, which is why she kept going home AMA.
December 15
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/15/ohio-woman-miscarriage-abuse-of-corpse-grand-jury/
Archive link: https://archive.is/2rSiE
December 16
https://apnews.com/article/ohio-miscarriage-prosecution-brittany-watts-b8090abfb5994b8a23457b80cf3f27ce
December 19
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/us/brittany-watts-miscarriage-criminal-charge/index.html
From WaPo, linked above:
Again, you don't need to make anything up. If you find yourself having to lie, maybe your point is not as worthy as you think it is.
Maybe if health care wasn't hidden behind a pay wall and maybe if health care in America didn't have a history of abusing minority women. And any treatment she received wouldnt have saved the fetus. Also, she was afraid any treatment would have resulted in her being imprisoned anyways. Abortion bans make an already complicated situation like pregnancy even more complicated for no reason. Maybe you should read up on this situation.
You are so willfully ignorant it hurts me.