When Miscarriages Become Crimes

 When Miscarriages Become Crimes

In early June, Sasha, who was around 16 weeks pregnant, started to bleed vaginally. She went to the emergency room, where doctors told her she was suffering from a “subchorionic hemorrhage,” diagnosed her with a “threatened miscarriage,” and sent her home. A …

Republican state legislatures and conservative courts are assigning rights to fetuseswith devastating implications for some of the pregnant women carrying them.
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