A 27-year-old woman in Alabama whose fetus died after she was shot in the stomach was charged with manslaughter by a grand jury. But the county district attorney said she may not face prosecution.
at the time of the shooting that “the investigation showed that the only true victim in this was the unborn baby.”
“The fact that this tragedy was 100 percent avoidable makes this case even more disheartening,” Washington said. “The person with the gun is the one responsible for the loss of the fetus,” Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Organization for Women , said to NBC News in a statement. “The argument is that by becoming pregnant, a woman commits a crime if she puts herself in danger in any way,” Paltrow said. “Alabama has numerous anti-abortion laws and a constitutional amendment that declares separate rights for fertilized eggs and fetuses. They have been using those laws to hold women criminally liable for the outcome of the pregnancies.
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