"When a 24-year-old woman in Tifton, Georgia, was found outside of her apartment unconscious and bleeding in March, she was arrested by police. She'd had a miscarriage, and after cops received an anonymous tip, they recovered some fetal remains in a dumpster nearby. And so the Tift County Sheriff's Office jailed her for "concealing the death of another person" and "abandonment of a dead body.""
""When we redefine 'child' to include 'embryo' and 'fetus,' pregnant people get charged with crimes," Pregnancy Justice Senior Vice President Dana Sussman explained to Jezebel. "What it does is it puts every pregnancy under some level of criminal suspicion if they are not doing what their doctor, what society tells them that they need to do to be a quote 'good mom' or 'good pregnant person.'""
Law enforcement arrested a 24-year-old in Tifton, Georgia, after a miscarriage and recovery of fetal remains; she was charged with concealing a death and abandonment of a dead body before charges were dropped. Since Dobbs overturned Roe v. Wade, Pregnancy Justice documents 412 people charged for offenses related to pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or birth, including 16 homicide cases. The group estimates 151 known pregnancy-related prosecutions so far in 2025, while 2024 totals were revised from 210 to 261 and 2023 saw the most prosecutions. Advocates say redefining 'child' to include embryos and fetuses expands criminal liability and diverts resources from maternal health.
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