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Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse of a corpse, Trumbull County court records show. Ms. Watts suffered a tragic and dangerous miscarriage on June 2sd, 2023 that jeopardized her own life. Rather than focusing on healing physically and emotionally, she was arrested and charged with a felony,” states her attorney, Traci Timko.
Though a coroner’s office report said the fetus was not viable and had died in the womb, Watts’ case highlights the extent to which Ohio’s new abortion law allows prosecutors to charge a woman whose pregnancy has ended – whether by abortion or miscarriage.
After last year’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the federal right to an abortion, a host of state trigger laws went into effect across the country that placed new restrictions or bans on abortion.
In turn, some women carrying fetuses with fatal abnormalities have been barred from having an abortion in their home states. Other women with potentially life-threatening pregnancies have also been unable to get an abortion, as medical exemption clauses can be vague and medical providers fear severe legal consequences.
Watts went to a hospital three times in four days due to vaginal bleeding, a report from the Trumbull County Coroner’s Office says.
When she was first admitted to the Labor and Delivery Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital on September 19, “She was diagnosed with premature rupture of membranes and severe oligohydramnios,” the report states. In other words, her water had broken prematurely, and she had exceptionally low – if any – amniotic fluid.
“Although a fetal heartbeat was found, it was recommended by medical staff that an induction occur of the nonviable fetus,” the coroner’s office report states.
At the time, Watts’ pregnancy “was 21 weeks, 5 days gestation,” the report says. In Ohio, abortions are legal until fetal viability – which is generally considered to be around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. After viability, the state can legally restrict abortion access unless the patient’s life or health are at risk.
Long story short under Ohio law even though the baby was dead inside her it couldn’t be removed unit it started to rot and caused her system to go septic..
A weeks weeks later Brittney had a miscarriage while she was sitting on the toilet. The remains of the fetus clogged the toilet and she forced to scoop out parts of tissue to unclog the toilet.. She put the tissue in a trash friends convinced Ms watts to go to the hospital and get checked out just to be safe..
At the hospital she related what happened to the admitting nurse who in turn called the police and reported Brittany had a baby and down it it the toilet then threw the corpse in the garbage.. So Brittany was promptly arrested.. When the coroner determined the baby died in the womb the charges were reduced to desecration of a corpse.. Because the county circuit judge said he couldn’t determine if Brittney had broken the law..
After three months torture by the legal system Brittany’s case went before a grand-jury to determine if she could be indicted thank goodness a jury of her peers had the wisdom the medical professionals, the police, and the legal system did not and determined Ms watts committed no crime whatsoever.. Its a sick sad world.. But ladies be afraid be very afraid of the Maga introduced abortion laws..
Though a coroner’s office report said the fetus was not viable and had died in the womb, Watts’ case highlights the extent to which Ohio’s new abortion law allows prosecutors to charge a woman whose pregnancy has ended – whether by abortion or miscarriage.
After last year’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the federal right to an abortion, a host of state trigger laws went into effect across the country that placed new restrictions or bans on abortion.
In turn, some women carrying fetuses with fatal abnormalities have been barred from having an abortion in their home states. Other women with potentially life-threatening pregnancies have also been unable to get an abortion, as medical exemption clauses can be vague and medical providers fear severe legal consequences.
Watts went to a hospital three times in four days due to vaginal bleeding, a report from the Trumbull County Coroner’s Office says.
When she was first admitted to the Labor and Delivery Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital on September 19, “She was diagnosed with premature rupture of membranes and severe oligohydramnios,” the report states. In other words, her water had broken prematurely, and she had exceptionally low – if any – amniotic fluid.
“Although a fetal heartbeat was found, it was recommended by medical staff that an induction occur of the nonviable fetus,” the coroner’s office report states.
At the time, Watts’ pregnancy “was 21 weeks, 5 days gestation,” the report says. In Ohio, abortions are legal until fetal viability – which is generally considered to be around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. After viability, the state can legally restrict abortion access unless the patient’s life or health are at risk.
Long story short under Ohio law even though the baby was dead inside her it couldn’t be removed unit it started to rot and caused her system to go septic..
A weeks weeks later Brittney had a miscarriage while she was sitting on the toilet. The remains of the fetus clogged the toilet and she forced to scoop out parts of tissue to unclog the toilet.. She put the tissue in a trash friends convinced Ms watts to go to the hospital and get checked out just to be safe..
At the hospital she related what happened to the admitting nurse who in turn called the police and reported Brittany had a baby and down it it the toilet then threw the corpse in the garbage.. So Brittany was promptly arrested.. When the coroner determined the baby died in the womb the charges were reduced to desecration of a corpse.. Because the county circuit judge said he couldn’t determine if Brittney had broken the law..
After three months torture by the legal system Brittany’s case went before a grand-jury to determine if she could be indicted thank goodness a jury of her peers had the wisdom the medical professionals, the police, and the legal system did not and determined Ms watts committed no crime whatsoever.. Its a sick sad world.. But ladies be afraid be very afraid of the Maga introduced abortion laws..
