I agree.
FTA:
“’The state law contains stipulations for the misdemeanor offense of abuse of a corpse and the felony offense of gross abuse of a corpse.
To qualify for the felony charge, a person must ‘treat a human corpse in a way that would outrage reasonable community sensibilities.’”
If I am on the grand jury, I can’t indict for a felony. Perhaps for a misdemeanor. But I’d hope she would get no jail time, a minimal fine, and some sort of stint at community service someplace that might do her some good, such as at a crisis pregnancy center or something. There’s probably better ideas along that line.
It sounds as if she might have been one of those women who ignored her pregnancy and tried to tell herself it wasn’t so and not have seen a doctor until she started having problems. It may or or may not have made a difference in avoiding the miscarriage.
If things had gone the other way and she went on ignoring the pregnancy and pretending it didn’t exist and give birth at 9 mos. to a healthy baby, she may be one of those people to do so alone and throw the baby in a dumpster.
But she also may have put in a basket where she knew someone would soon find it or have decided upon seeing the baby she wanted it and called out for help.
I’ve had two miscarriages: one at 8 weeks (heart beat detected, positive pregnancy test) only to lose it three days later and another one at 13/14 weeks.
The second one was a lot worse.
I was literally filling diapers with blood for nearly a week (my child was gone but my body kept trying to “save” it). The baby was expelled after labor pains began and was the size of a shelled peanut. It was devastating.
I passed out on the bathroom floor. My toddler found me that way, covered in blood. Neighbors drove me to the hospital, looked after my two children, and called my husband.
I was under the care of an OB/GYN. Those little ones were wanted and loved. I ate healthy, lived clean, and did not do anything to jeopardize them.
Sometimes, babies die in the womb. It’s an ugly, painful reality.
I would hate to think after having gone through all that the law would now compound this tragedy by branding me a criminal.