Marshae Was Pregnant When She Was Shot. She Tragically Miscarried, So They Charged HER With Manslaughter.

In the winter of 2018, Marshae Jones was living through a nightmare. She had been shot in the stomach. She was five months pregnant at the time, and miscarried. The woman who shot her was let go without any consequences. And then, Marshae was charged with manslaughter for losing her own pregnancy.

Marshae was the victim of a crime. But the state of Alabama, where this violence took place, was more willing to see her as simply a vessel, a human incubator, whose only role was to keep her unborn baby alive. Even though someone else was responsible for her miscarriage, she was deemed a criminal for it.
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Because of these laws, people have been charged with manslaughter after losing their pregnancy in car accidents and after suicide attempts -- or even after miscarrying when no causative event has taken place (miscarriages are incredibly common).

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The following 38 states have some form of fetal homicide law: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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