Aid me or hinder me?

Mississippi could soon jail women for stillbirths, miscarriages

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:56:00 +0100

Mississippi could soon jail women for stillbirths, miscarriages:

thepeoplesrecord:

May 23, 2013

On March 14, 2009, 31 weeks into her pregnancy, Nina Buckhalter gave birth to a stillborn baby girl. She named the child Hayley Jade. Two months later, a grand jury in Lamar County, Mississippi, indicted Buckhalter for manslaughter, claiming that the then-29-year-old woman “did willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, kill Hayley Jade Buckhalter, a human being, by culpable negligence.”

The district attorney argued that methamphetamine detected in Buckhalter’s system caused Hayley Jade’s death. The state Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on the case on April 2, is expected to rule soon on whether the prosecution can move forward.

If prosecutors prevail in this case, the state would be setting a “dangerous precedent” that “unintentional pregnancy loss can be treated as a form of homicide,” says Farah Diaz-Tello, a staff attorney with National Advocates for Pregnant Women, a nonprofit legal organization that has joined with Robert McDuff, a Mississippi civil rights lawyer, to defend Buckhalter. If Buckhalter’s case goes forward, NAPW fears it could spur a wave of similar prosecutions in Mississippi and other states.

Mississippi’s manslaughter laws were not intended to apply in cases of stillbirths and miscarriages. Four times between 1998 through 2002, Mississippi lawmakers rejected proposals that would have set specific penalties for damaging a fetus by using illegal drugs during pregnancy. But Mississippi prosecutors say that two other state laws allow them to charge Buckhalter. One definesof manslaughter as the “killing of a human being, by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another”; another includes ”an unborn child at every stage of gestation from conception until live birth” in the state’s definition of human beings.

The cause of any given miscarriage or stillbirth is difficult to determine, and many experts believe there is no conclusive evidence that exposure to drugs in utero can cause a miscarriage or stillbirth. Because of this, prosecuting Buckhalter opens the door to investigating and prosecuting women for any number of other potential causes of a miscarriage or stillbirth, her lawyers argued in a filing to the state Supreme Court—”smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs, exercising against doctor’s orders, or failing to follow advice regarding conditions such as obesity or hypertension.” Supreme Court Justice Leslie D. King also raised this question in the oral arguments last month: “Doctors say women should avoid herbal tea, things like unpasteurized cheese, lunch meats. Exactly what are the boundaries?”

Full article

The list of things pregnant people aren’t supposed to do is a mile long.

Did you know drinking caffeine—especially in your first trimester—increases the risk for miscarriage? So if you drink 2 cups of coffee a day instead of 1 in your first trimester, and you have a miscarriage—which may or may not even be related, you have no way of knowing—someone could try you for murder.

If you’re in a car accident that was your fault, but not in any way intentional, and you lose your pregnancy, you could be tried for murder.

If you have gestational diabetes and you occasionally flub your diet because, I don’t know, being pregnant is totally miserable and sometimes food makes you feel better, and you end up having to deliver your baby early and it doesn’t survive, you could be tried for murder.

You eat a sandwich with lunch meat that wasn’t kept properly, get sick, and have a miscarriage. You could be tried for murder.

Not because you wanted your baby to die, but because you had the audacity to violate a 5-page list of don’ts your doctor gives you and it might in some way have impacted your pregnancy, but also possibly had no impact at all because pregnant people violate the rules all the time with no issues, and it resulted in losing your pregnancy. It’s your fault. You willfully and maliciously murdered your baby in cold blood because you failed to be an obedient, submissive incubator for a man’s unborn baby, who has more of a right to life than you do.

Women’s bodies or bodies perceived to be female are community property, and all this shit is about is controlling women and bringing them under male control.

This is an offensive absurdity.

dickspeightjr: howiemandel: rainbowwaterfall: that’s a lot of...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:48:51 +0100

dickspeightjr:

howiemandel:

rainbowwaterfall:

that’s a lot of butter.

there are fucking google eyes staring into your soul from every angle and you comment on the butter

to be fair it is a lot of butter

The cutlery don’t have eyes.

interneternal: what it feels like to be a casual member of a drama filled fandom

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:23:46 +0100

interneternal:

what it feels like to be a casual member of a drama filled fandom

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Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:27 +0100

bfleuter: Hiiiiiiiii!

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:57 +0100

bfleuter:

Hiiiiiiiii!

The cat is like WTF is that to the first lizard and the second...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:05 +0100

The cat is like WTF is that to the first lizard and the second one comes up and is like hey buddy and the cat flips out.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 12:38:04 +0100

queenfattyoftherollpalace: sonic-hip-attack: aussied: urserlic...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:30 +0100

queenfattyoftherollpalace:

sonic-hip-attack:

aussied:

urserlicious:

minmo:

so as a social experiment im going to unleash this hot hunk of meat upon my sim town to wreak his manchild wrath

his name is broni friendzoni (it’s italian)

omfg broni friendzoni

I legitimately laughed at this for like ten minutes before hitting reblog

BRONI FRIENDZONI

*ugly cackling*

Please give us updates on his shenanigans.

hollowpikeman: misumipyon: dollylust: termsofenragement: I...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:34:51 +0100

hollowpikeman:

misumipyon:

dollylust:

termsofenragement:

I moved my arms and they blew out the sleeves.

I look awesome.

oh

my god

Puella Magi Madoka Muscular

ok I love that outfit

nazgwen: izanyanorihara: wifwolf: veinemagazine: headandstoma...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:30:01 +0100

nazgwen:

izanyanorihara:

wifwolf:

veinemagazine:

headandstomachached:

Tashiro-jima (or Tashirojima), 田代島, is a small island in Japan. It has become known as “Cat Island” due to the large stray cat population that thrives as a result of the local belief that feeding cats will bring wealth and good fortune. The cat population is now larger than the human population on the island.

THE PLACE TO BE

dreamvacation

KITTIES

NNNNGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

Time to go on holiday.

dancingfirelilies: Oh Zuko, you flawless bitch…

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:27:43 +0100

dancingfirelilies:

Oh Zuko, you flawless bitch…

roguesquirrel: has this been done yet or Is it bad I hope Call...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:58 +0100

roguesquirrel:

has this been done yet or

Is it bad I hope Call Of Duty Ghosts is you playing as this dog?

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Wed, 22 May 2013 20:56:37 +0100

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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:01:18 +0100

thesassyjessy: Rebloggable as requested.

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:41:09 +0100

thesassyjessy:

Rebloggable as requested.

darthfister: This is just awesome

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:25 +0100

darthfister:

This is just awesome

whatperks: youwinagainmoffat: majortvjunkie: urbanfuck: fun...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:42 +0100

whatperks:

youwinagainmoffat:

majortvjunkie:

urbanfuck:

fun fact: me in the white shorts

fun fact: me in the gray shorts kissing the cutest boy in the world

this needs to be on everyone’s blogs okay aw

im-fallingforyou: estuds: You can come out when your done bein...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:26:21 +0100

im-fallingforyou:

estuds:

You can come out when your done bein a little faggot

ive scrolled past this like 7 times and just saw the baby ohmygod im screaming.

joala: IM CRYING

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:07:55 +0100

joala:

IM CRYING

rock-bomber: rock-bomber: rock-bomber: rock-bomber: Weelee! Weelee… Weelee….. WEELEE

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:44 +0100

rock-bomber:

rock-bomber:

rock-bomber:

rock-bomber:

Weelee!

Weelee…

Weelee…..

WEELEE