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by wyatt_dolores 1462 days ago
It's not FUD, man. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544

Native American Brittney Poolaw was sentenced to 4 years in prison by Oklahoma in Nov 2021 for a miscarriage in a hospital.

The court said her meth use constituted manslaughter, not drug addiction.

If the mother smokes cigarettes, drinks alcohol, etc and a lawyer can show a reasonable expectation that this can harm a fetus and the mother can be reasonably expected to understand this risk and know doing so could harm her fetus, she could now be prosecuted for manslaughter in those states.