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She was also charged with concealing birth, a misdemeanor, but was not convicted on that charge.
Rousseau’s case fits an emerging pattern where #women are swept up in #criminalization – even in states where #abortion is legal – by prosecutors reaching for antiquated statutes or laws that were never intended to punish #pregnant women & those experiencing #pregnancy loss or birth, including abuse of a corpse, child neglect or even homicide, acc/to several abortion #law experts….
