Brittany Watts’s case had sparked outcry over how pregnant Americans can easily end up facing criminal consequences
The case against Brittany Watts, the Ohio woman facing indictment for abuse of a corpse after she had a miscarriage, will not be moving forward, a grand jury decided on Thursday.
The Trumbull county, Ohio, grand jury declined to indict Watts, who was reportedly turned in to police after a miscarriage in September, by returning a “no-bill” in her case. Watts’s case had sparked nationwide shock and outcry, as reproductive health and justice advocates held it up as an example of how pregnant people can easily end up facing criminal consequences – especially in the wake of the overturning of Roe v Wade.
