Abuse of a corpse? Give me a break — this is what prosecutorial discretion is for. It’s the type of stunt that loses us elections.
There was no abortion, no fetus to be saved. An emotionally troubled woman had a miscarriage, after trying twice to get medical assistance. She panicked, but the fetus had already died of natural causes.
If Republicans want to lose elections for no good reason, this is how to do it.
Seriously. Dems read a story like this and have orgasms.
Indeed, it’s purely political, and I saw it too many times as a NICU RN. All they have to do is wait until their perfect case emerges to make whoever, or whatever, look bad. It’s heinous and will backfire on them.
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.