From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   BTR1701  wrote:   
   >Feb 15, 2026 at 6:59:36 AM PST, NoBody  wrote:   
   >>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:30:16 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
      
   >>>A lawyer commenting repeated my line that a woman who spontaneously   
   >>>aborts in the first month or two of pregnancy can be charged with   
   >>>murder. This has massive implications for the clinical treatment of   
   >>>women in ordinary and extraordinary circumstances.   
      
   >>>The wall of separation between church and state has been breached.   
      
   >>>https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-923-governor-signed-la   
   -pregnancies-9d2f1fb895a17511a920cc42d480668e   
      
   >>Tell us how that would work if it's something she did not do to make   
   >>it happen.   
      
   >Miscarriages happen naturally all the time.   
      
   There's now a criminal investigation. She must report spontaneous   
   abortion to the coroner. The death of a human being was unattended so   
   that requires finding at autopsy of natural, accidental, or homicide.   
      
   Did the woman eat properly and seek prenatal care? Did she follow all   
   recomendations? What if she didn't stop smoking or alchohol or drugs or   
   what if her prior use may have interferred with bringing a child to   
   term? Is her failure of prenatal care child endangerment?   
      
   Many of these are intentional acts for a mens rea analysis.   
      
   Please don't handwaive this away. Of course the law has been written for   
   police investigations and prosecutions of the most wanton and morally   
   despicable women.   
      
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