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FetalAbuse.pptxFetal Abuse
Fetus VS. bABY
Legal vs. Social Definitions
Viability (20-24 weeks)
Viability determines the labels we use
Be careful of making assumptions
How DO we Define Fetal Abuse?
It Depends…
Actions/activities that cause harm (usually non-accidental) to a fetus
What actions/activities we most often associate with fetal abuse?
Most common concept of Fetal ABUSE
Substance Abuse
Why do women use during pregnancy?
Prior User
Feelings Toward Pregnancy
Exposure to Violence
Unprepared
Fetal abuse is also more than substance abuse….
Responses TO Substance Abuse during pregnancy
Therapeutic vs. Punitive Approaches
Increase in funding to treatment programs
Prosecution (what we see more of today)
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/maternity-drug-policies-by-state
What happens when we take a punitive approach?
TWO Case studies
Mallory Loyola, 26
Tennessee
Tammy Loertscher, 31
Wisconsin
Filling a gap in the legal system
What happens when a woman is abused while she is pregnant?
Born Alive Rule
Introduction of Fetal Homicide Laws
38 states
Original Purpose vs. Actual Application
Personhood movements and fetal rights
Fetus vs. Baby
Attempts to give rights to the fetus, even if they contradict the rights of the mother.
One body, two sets of rights
What does this mean for pregnant women?
Think about Tammy’s case…
Case Study: Purvi Patel
2013 Case (Indiana)
Sought medical treatment for excessive bleeding
Birthed 24 week old stillborn
Prosecuted under a 1979 law
Lung floating test
Received 20 years for feticide and child neglect (2015)
Conviction overturned July 2016
CASE STUDY: BEI BEI SHUAI
2011 Case (Indiana)
Attempted suicide by rat poison
33 weeks pregnant
Took a plea deal (misdemeanor criminal recklessness)
Sentenced to time served
CASE STUDY: WHO IS AT FAULT?
Marshae Jones
CASE STUDY: Mental health and substance use
Melissa Rowland
Utah
Regina McKnight
South Carolina
CASE STUDY: stillbirths
Brooke Skylar Richardson
Ohio
Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz
El Salvador
