Outrageous Conservatives: Ohio woman who miscarried in a home toilet put on trial!

Conservatives have absolutely lost their minds. How in the world could you put a woman through a trial for "murder" after she had a miscarriage?! This poor woman carried a fetus for 22 weeks and the baby died in her womb, causing a miscarriage. So, Conservatives in OHIO took her to court. That's just messed up. Women in these Conservative, Backwards states (Read; RED STATES) need to wake up and stand up for all women. I can't imagine the emotional and psychological trauma this poor woman has endured because of heartless Fat, White, Christian men making rules for women on their healthcare. Rant over for now. Here's the story.  

(photo:  Brittany Watts, 34, of Warren, Ohio. Credit: CBS NEWS) 

An Ohio woman who miscarried in a home toilet is spared criminal charges by a grand jury  

BY JULIE CARR SMYTH January 11, 2024  

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday.  

The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office said grand jurors declined to return an indictment for abuse of a corpse against Brittany Watts, 34, of Warren, resolving a case that had sparked national attention for its implications for pregnant women as states across the country hash out new laws governing reproductive health care access.  

The announcement came hours before her supporters planned a “We Stand With Brittany!” rally on Warren’s Courthouse Square.  

A municipal judge had found probable cause to bind over Watts’ case. That was after city prosecutors said she miscarried, flushed and scooped out the toilet, then left the house, leaving the 22-week-old fetus lodged in the pipes. Her attorney told the judge Watts had no criminal record and was being “demonized for something that goes on every day.” An autopsy determined the fetus died in utero and identified “no recent injuries.”  

Watts had visited Mercy Health-St. Joseph’s Hospital, a Catholic facility in working-class Warren, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Cleveland, twice in the days leading up to her miscarriage. Her doctor had told her she was carrying a nonviable fetus and to have her labor induced or risk “significant risk” of death, according to records of her case.