Brittany Watts, 33, was charged after police searched her toilet following her miscarriage in September.

Brittany Watts, 33, was charged after police searched her toilet following her miscarriage in September.

A Black woman in Ohio has been charged with a felony for abuse of a corpse after she miscarried into her toilet, according to a criminal complaint, and reproductive rights experts are warning that it could set a dangerous precedent if she is convicted.

The attorney for Brittany Watts and a campaign organized on her behalf called the charges against her unjust, saying they feared the case could open the door to similar prosecutions and lawsuits over miscarriages nationwide.

Just hours after Watts, 33, was admitted to a hospital for a life-threatening hemorrhage after she miscarried in her bathroom Sep. 22, police removed her toilet from her home and searched it for fetal remains, according to a GoFundMe set up to fund her legal expenses and home repairs.

“Ms. Watts suffered a tragic and dangerous miscarriage that jeopardized her own life. Rather than focusing on healing physically and emotionally, she was arrested and charged with a felony and is fighting for her freedom and reputation,” her attorney, Traci Timko, said in a statement.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    352·
    11 months ago

    If there is a God…

    Firstly he’s a piece of shit for creating this universe the way it is

    Secondly he’s a piece of shit of allowing all this to happen

    Thirdly, he, in all his emptiness and nothingness, deserves all the aholes that firmly believe that they should live in eternity with him.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      11 months ago

      If God is omnipotent, omniscient and wholly good, whence evil? If God wills to prevent evil but cannot, then He is not omnipotent. If He can prevent evil but does not, then he is not good. In either case he is not God.
      -David Hume

      If God is unable to prevent evil, then he is not all-powerful.
      If God is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not all-good.
      If God is both willing and able to prevent evil, then why does evil exist?
      -Epicurus

    • im sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      11 months ago

      I like to think that neo-plato stuff is very neat. “God” is essentially good cause he creates and expands, but he doesn’t have a conscientious nor a great design, so in a way God doesn’t really exist as an entity but its existence itself. Evil in this isn’t a force on its own, it’s merely the failing of a non perfect conscious being (humanity)

      Which is neat and makes ton of sense imo

      • SheeEttinEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Yeah that’s roughly how it works. God is omniscient and omnipotent, but we have free will.

        Which also means the “god’s will” arguments are bullshit. God gives us skilled doctors and modern medicine. To reject them is your choice, but you should not force that upon others.